Citizenship, Education and Social Conflict
Israeli Political Education in Global Perspective
Routledge Research in Education Series

This volume provides new perspectives into the challenges of citizenship education in the age of globalization and in the context of multicultural and conflict-ridden societies. It calls on us to rethink the accepted liberal and national discourses that have long dominated the conceptualization and practice of citizenship and citizenship education in light of social conflict, globalization, terrorism, and the spread of an extreme form of capitalism.

The contributors of the volume identify the main challenges to the role of citizenship education in the context of globalization, conflicts and the changes to the institution of citizenship they entail and critically examine the ways in which schools and education systems currently address ? and may be able to improve ? the role of citizenship education in conflict-ridden and multicultural contexts.

Preface Introduction: Theories of Conflict in Citizenship Education Hanan A. Alexander, Halleli Pinson and Yossi Yonah Part I: Conflict Theories in Citizenship Education 1. The Emergence of Citizenship as a Political Problem in an Era of Globalization Seyla Benhabib 2. Becoming a Critical Citizen: A Marxist-Humanist Critique Juha Suoranta, Peter McLaren and Nathalia Jaramillo 3. Education, Power and the State: Dilemmas of Citizenship in Multicultural Societies Carlos Alberto Torres 4. Addressing Gender Conflict, Sexuality and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on the Challenges Faced By Global Citizenship Education Madeleine Arnot 5. Teaching About Conflict Through Citizenship Education Lynn Davies 6. Tolerance, Education, and Parental Rights Walter Feinberg Part II: Citizenship Education in a Democratic and Jewish State 7. Reconsidering Zionism: Open Society, Critical Theory, and the Education of Citizens Hanan A. Alexander 8. Democracy, Educational Autonomy, and Israeli Law: The Case of the Ultra-Orthodox Minority Yossi Dahan and Yoav Hammer 9. The Consolidation of Civic Identity in a Particularistic Religious Setting Zehavit Gross 10. Bargaining Over Citizenship: Pre-military Preparatory Activities in the Service of the Dominant Groups Noa Harel and Edna Lomsky-Feder 11. Adverse Aspects of Citizenship Education in the Global Era: The Israeli Case Yossi Yonah 12. Civic Education for the Palestinians in Israel: Dilemmas and Challenges Ayman K. Agbaria 13. One Civic Curriculum, Different Civic Visions Halleli Pinson
Conclusion: Transforming Social Conflict: The Burdens and Dilemmas of Citizenship Education in Israel Hanan A. Alexander, Halleli Pinson and Yossi Yonah

Hanan A. Alexander is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Haifa and Goldman Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley specializing in political, moral, spiritual, religious, and Jewish education. His publications include Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the Spiritual Quest which won a 2002 National Jewish Book Award and Spirituality and Ethics in Education: Philosophical, Theological and Radical Perspectives.

Halleli Pinson is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research focuses on young people’s political identities, citizenship education and social conflict and the interface between government immigration and educational policy. She recently won the prestigious Alon Fellowship. Her publications include Education, Asylum and the ‘Non-Citizen’ Child.

Yossi Yonah is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev specializing in multiculturalism and education. His publications include In Virtue of Difference: Israel as a Multicultural Society and with Yehouda Shenhav What is Multiculturalism?