Politics Seminar Series & Resolve Seminar
- When?
- Wednesday 20 October 2010, 13:00 to 14:00
- Where?
- 45a AZ 04
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
Politics Seminar Series -- in collaboration with RESOLVE
Wednesday October 20th, at 13:00 - 14:00
Location: 45a AZ 04
The Seeds of Ecological Citizenship: Understanding transformative experiences in children’s citizenship.
Dr Bronwyn Hayward, Visiting Fellow Resolve, University of Surrey
Abstract: How do children growing up in market liberal democracies talk about their citizenship and community? Is a consumer-citizen model crowding out other ways of understanding what it means to be a 'good citizen' ? Does this matter? How do children learn to think about their citizenship in different ways? Drawing on primary field research with young citizens in New Zealand, and comparative research in Europe, USA and Australasia, Bronwyn Hayward, a New Zealand political scientist, debates these questions and identifies ‘seed principles’ for ecological citizenship, that is key break through experiences and conditions that help children to think about citizenship in more pro-sustainable ways. There are few contemporary studies of very young children’s early political socialization and the topic remains under-theorized. This paper aims to add to empirical and theoretical knowledge to understand how citizen’s attitudes and behaviours are formed and transformed, and the implications of these changes for ecological citizenship.
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