The Paradoxes of Juvenile Participation and the Challenges of Civic Education in Chile
Democracy is facing a profound crisis in its capacity of representation, most manifest in the younger generations. This paper aims to discuss the link between this crisis and the paradox on which democracy is based in Chile. It analyses the contradic- tions between discourse and practice in juvenile...
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| Formato: | Artículo revisado por pares |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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International Journal of Research in Education
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/MAGIS/article/view/8781 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-031&d=article8781oai |
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| Sumario: | Democracy is facing a profound crisis in its capacity of representation, most manifest in the younger generations. This paper aims to discuss the link between this crisis and the paradox on which democracy is based in Chile. It analyses the contradic- tions between discourse and practice in juvenile participation, the features of civic education in Chile —which is entrusted with the education of the citizens needed in a democratic system—, and the poten- tial effect of the school in the education of democratic citizens. |
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