Political Socialisation, Participation and Education

The Editors: Heinz Sünker is professor of social and educational sciences at the University of Wuppertal/Germany, Russell Farnen is professor of political science at the University of Connecticut/USA, and György Széll professor of sociology at the University of Osnabrück/Germany.

Contents: Russell Farnen/Heinz Sünker/György Széll: Introduction to the Research Themes Socialization, Participation, Education, and Democratization Themes - Heinz Sünker: Political Socialization, Participation, and Education: Change of the Epoch - Processes of Democratization - György Széll: Workplace, Democracy and Alienation - a Modern Drama until now in three Acts with a Prologue - Volkmar Kreißig: Participation in the Organization of Production - Democratizing the Work Process? - Catherine Casey: Work, Welfare and Politics: the New Zealand Experience - Robert van Krieken: When is Child Welfare Cultural Genocide? On the Politics of the Organized 'Improvement' of Children's Lives - Heinz Sünker: The Politics of Social Welfare: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Social Work - Russell Farnen: Political Socialization, Culture, and Education in 21 st Century USA and Canada: State of the Art in North America - Douglas Kellner: Globalization, September 11, and the Restructuring of Education - Mark Terkessidis: Migration and Political Education in Germany: Regarding the Neglected Question of Citizenship - Peter McLaren: Critical Pedagogy in the Shadow of Terror: A Marxist Educator's Reflections from Ground Zero - Erika Richter: Violence, Peace, and Intercultural Education - Perspectives for a Developing World-Society? - Philip Wexler: Political Socialization: Resacralization and Revitalization of Education and Society - Yuri Krasin/Julia Rozanova: Public Sphere and Public Policy in Russia: Lessons of a Decade of UCGF Partnership - Russell Farnen/Heinz Sünker/György Széll: Socialization, Participation, Education, and Democratization: Conclusions and Interpretations.