Practices of Citizenship in East Africa uses insights from philosophical pragmatism to explore how to strengthen citizenship within developing countries. Using a bottom-up approach, the book investigates the various everyday practices in which citizenship habits are formed and reformulated.
Practices of Citizenship in East Africa uses insights from philosophical pragmatism to explore how to strengthen citizenship within developing countries. Using a bottom-up approach, the book investigates the various everyday practices in which citizenship habits are formed and reformulated.
Katariina Holma is Professor of Education at the University of Oulu, Finland. Tiina Kontinen is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction PART I: CONCEPTS ANCHORED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRAGMATISM 2. Practices and habits of citizenship and learning 3. Pragmatism, social inquiry and the method of democracy 4. John Dewey's notion of social intelligence PART II: LOCALIZED PRACTICES AND HABITS OF CITIZENSHIP 5. Contextualizing citizenship in Uganda 6. Contextualizing citizenship in Tanzania 7. The everyday and spectacle of subdued citizenship in northern Uganda 8. Gendered citizenship in rural Uganda: Localized, exclusive and active 9. "A good believer is a good citizen": Connecting Islamic morals with civic virtues in rural Tanzania 10. Habits of contributing citizenship: Self-help groups in rural Tanzania PART III: TRANFORMATIVE IDEALS AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE 11. Participatory methodology in exploring citizenship: A critical learning process 12. Learning in a Ugandan gender advocacy NGO: Organizational growth and institutional wrestling 13. The crafting of "critical education": Experiences of a Ugandan NGO 14. Social accountability monitoring as an approach to promoting active citizenship in Tanzania 15. Conclusions
1. Introduction PART I: CONCEPTS ANCHORED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRAGMATISM 2. Practices and habits of citizenship and learning 3. Pragmatism, social inquiry and the method of democracy 4. John Dewey's notion of social intelligence PART II: LOCALIZED PRACTICES AND HABITS OF CITIZENSHIP 5. Contextualizing citizenship in Uganda 6. Contextualizing citizenship in Tanzania 7. The everyday and spectacle of subdued citizenship in northern Uganda 8. Gendered citizenship in rural Uganda: Localized, exclusive and active 9. "A good believer is a good citizen": Connecting Islamic morals with civic virtues in rural Tanzania 10. Habits of contributing citizenship: Self-help groups in rural Tanzania PART III: TRANFORMATIVE IDEALS AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE 11. Participatory methodology in exploring citizenship: A critical learning process 12. Learning in a Ugandan gender advocacy NGO: Organizational growth and institutional wrestling 13. The crafting of "critical education": Experiences of a Ugandan NGO 14. Social accountability monitoring as an approach to promoting active citizenship in Tanzania 15. Conclusions
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