Civic Pedagogies: Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics

This book comes at a crucial time as the USA and countries around the world wrestle with an ongoing period of democratic backsliding that shows little sign of abating. Alarmingly, study after study shows that younger people are not convinced that democracy will endure - and that a sizable number are no longer convinced that it should. Especially as changing educational and political landscapes make efforts to educate for democracy both more necessary and more fraught, contributors to this book offer innovative pedagogies and praxis grounded in political and civic theories aimed at strengthening democratic norms, practices and institutions.

Lauren C. Bell is James L. Miller Professor of Political Science and Special Assistant to the Provost, Randolph-Macon College, USA.

Allison Rank is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, SUNY Oswego, USA.

Carah Ong Whaley is Academic Program Officer, Center for Politics, University of Virginia, USA.