Naslov
Human rights and citizenship education in Croatia

Autori
Spajić-Vrkaš, Vedrana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
International conference Transformed Institutions – Transformed Citizenship Education

Mjesto i datum
Bielefeld, Njemačka, 07.06.2007. - 10.06.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
transition to democracy; European integration; Croatia; human rights education; education for democratic citizenship; university students’ knowledge and attitudes about human rights and democracy

Sažetak
The beginning of the process of transition to democracy in Croatia was heavily influenced by at least three factors: nation-building, mobilization for defence and privatization accompanied by sharp decline in economy. Under such circumstances, the role of education was reduced to strengthening national identity and sovereignty understood, among others, in terms of dismantling of the ideology of socialism (“ deideologization” ) and of strengthening the crucial dimensions of national identity, such as language, history, symbols and religion (“ Croatization” ). Due to the shift toward strengthening an ethnic-model of the nation, as well as due to a predominantly paternalistic political culture with strong children-dependency syndrome, the issue of preparing students for active and responsible citizenship was on the margins of the government interest.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Pedagogija, Znanost o umjetnosti

POVEZANOST RADA