'Tristan McCowan challenges scholars to reconsider commonly held assumptions about citizenship education. His wide-ranging and original study should be read by anyone wishing to explore relationships between pedagogic principles, democracy and social justice.' Audrey Osler, Visiting Professor of Citizenship and Human Rights Education, University of Leeds, UK

'Tristan McCowan has compressed several decades of contentious pedagogical and political debates into this concise, elegantly written and theoretically ambitious book....A vivid and thorough discussion of rather important educational questions: What is citizenship education? What does it mean to "participate" in educational settings? And, Can we envision a different form of education? By introducing a set of new conceptual tools and presenting detailed analysis of three models of citizenship education, this book engages in broader questions of curriculum and educational practices, while offering an original and robust model to re-frame the debate about what matters most in the field of politics of education.'Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA

'This is a good book that is well worth reading...An interesting and very valuable book that succeeds in encouraging us to think differently about citizenship education' Education Review

'A well documented, thoughtful, readable, researched based, and balanced study on how to conduct citizenship education'

Reviewed in Educate Journal Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010 (UK)

'I would highly recommend this book , as an empowering conception of the possibilities in education for democratic citizenship.'

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