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Contested identities in Europe: Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up

Giudici, Anja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8238-7859, Ruoss, Thomas and Wright, Susannah 2026. Contested identities in Europe: Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up. European Educational Research Journal 25 (1) , pp. 3-13. 10.1177/14749041251403832

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Abstract

Citizens need to be educated. However, both understandings of citizenship and the education required to disseminate them are inherently contested. After presenting an analytical framework that allows for a conceptually grounded analysis of such contestation, this introduction draws on the papers included in the special issue to identify three axes that have structured the debate around citizenship education in modern Europe: the roles of the state, of place, and of conflict versus consensus. In conclusion, we present the papers included in this special issue and consider their value in both showcasing the diversity of understandings of citizenship in contemporary Europe, as well as the issues that this diversity raises for education research.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LA History of education
ISSN: 1474-9041
Funders: Swiss National Science Foundation
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 6 January 2026
Date of Acceptance: 14 November 2025
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2026 12:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183576

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