Building civic capacity for a new century: Engaging young people in civic institutions and civil society |
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Authors: | Kerry J Kennedy |
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Institution: | (1) University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia |
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Abstract: | In a democratic society, citizens will be confronted with decision-making options that require them to be discerning about
the changes that are proposed, to evaluate alternative courses of action, to develop strategies that will advance their cause
and to take appropriate action. These processes are the basis for developing civic capacity. This paper explores drivers of
civic capacity, including civic virtues and civic values, in order to see how civic capacity can best be developed in the
nations of the Asia-Pacific region. Of particular interest is whether ”Asian values” are necessarily at odds with the underlying
values of liberal democracy. Civic capacity is needed at a time of great change throughout the region, because change, and
possibly even turbulence, will in all likelihood characterize the region in the future. Our future will depend on creating
a civic capacity that will enable active and informed citizens to exercise agency over their social, political and economic
lives.
Editor’s note Address presented at the First International Conference of the Institute for Asian-Pacific Educational Development,Reflections and Explorations for Educational Development in the 21st Century: The Search for Asian Identities and Perspectives,Seoul National University, 9–10 November 2000. |
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