1st Edition

Democratic Education Under Siege Cultivating Citizenship in Challenging Times

Edited By Aviv Cohen, Erin Bronstein Copyright 2026
180 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In an era of growing democratic fragility, this book offers a timely and urgent examination of how civic education is being reshaped worldwide. Moving beyond rote knowledge or generic civic ideals, this edited volume explores how educators navigate complex political, social, and institutional pressures while striving to cultivate critical, inclusive, and participatory forms of democratic... Read more

Contents

 

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

 

Introduction: Democratic Civic Education in Troubling Times: Local Realities - Global Perspectives
Aviv Cohen and Erin Bronstein

Chapter 1. The Entanglement of Habitus and Communities’ Funds of Knowledge: An Investigation of Civics Teachers’ Conceptions of Citizenship in Israel
Tim Zosel and Aline Muff

Chapter 2. Students in International Teacher Education and the Contested Logics of Global Democratic Citizenship
Karianne Helland

Chapter 3. Democratic Citizenship Education at Risk: Controversies, Conflicts, and Challenges of the National Curriculum in South Korea
Yoonjung Choi

Chapter 4. A Decolonial Analysis of Curriculum Intentions for Global Citizenship Education in the Philippines and Singapore
Theresa Alviar-Martin and Mark Baildon

Chapter 5. Civic Education in Post-Dictatorial Contexts: Cultural and Institutional Conditions in Argentina and Spain
Daniel Pedro Míguez

Chapter 6. Segregated Civics: Documenting and Disrupting Segregated Educational Experiences and Political Understandings in a “Red” State
Dinorah Sánchez Loza and Derek Burtch

Chapter 7. Opportunities and Challenges for Democratic Education in the Republic of Türkiye
Betül Demiray Sandıraz and Anne-Lise Halvorsen

Chapter 8. Democratic Education in Troubled Times
Harald Borgebund

 

Index

 

Biography

Aviv Cohen is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Seymour Fox School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Erin Bronstein is Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.