This collection of chapter-length essays identifies and explores key competencies for democratic citizenship, translating them into school-based activities and pedagogical strategies. The essays are written in the context of European education and politics, a category that they variously interpret in terms of conflict resolution and electoral government. Several focus on the tension between liberal individualism and more republican or else collectively oriented forms of civic mindedness. They are organized into two sections, roughly conceptual and application in focus. The conceptual essays test and otherwise assess the cogency of civic education models and civic competencies as an education priority. The essays in the applications section are works of research examining data on knowledge, skills and values require for civic competencies. The essays were convened as part of a "delphi study," a group communication process for achieving consensus between experts. Print (education, U. of Sydney) provides a final essay explaining the results of the delphi method surveys. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
