Learning by Dispossession: Democracy Promotion and Civic Engagement in Iraq and the United States

Autor/inn/en	Mojab, Shahrzad; Carpenter, Sara
Titel	Learning by Dispossession: Democracy Promotion and Civic Engagement in Iraq and the United States
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 30 (2011) 4, S.549-563 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Citizenship Education; War; Political Attitudes; Citizen Participation; Marxian Analysis; Feminism; Case Studies; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Iraq; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Krieg; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Marxism; Marxismus; Feminismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Irak; USA
Abstract	This paper brings together two ongoing research projects on current citizenship learning programs in Iraq and the United States, both of which draw from the theoretical ground of Marxist-feminist perspective. A particular strength of this paper is its comparison between two American citizenship education programs in the context of neoliberalism, war and imperialism. Many claim that citizenship learning is always an ideological project promoting a particular set of beliefs or values. However, this research reveals that citizenship education programs are also ideological in their methods--a process Mojab has termed "learning by dispossession"--that serve to abstract learners from material conditions in order to promote a particular vision of liberal democracy that legitimates the very material conditions learners struggle to overcome. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10