Lexington Books
Pages: 146
Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-4985-9468-4 • Hardback • December 2019 • $85.00 • (£65.00)
978-1-4985-9469-1 • eBook • December 2019 • $80.50 • (£62.00)
Abdulkerim Sen is assistant professor at Eskisehir Osmangazi University.
Hugh Starkey is professor at UCL Institute of Education, London.
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter two: Theorising Citizenship and Citizenship Education
Chapter three: An Instrument for Nation-Building: Citizenship Education in Turkey
Chapter four: Militarization of Citizenship Education
Chapter five: Citizenship Education Curriculum in Transition
Chapter six: Struggle between Democratisation and Islamisation
Chapter Seven: Conclusion
"Indispensable to understanding contemporary Turkish politics. Abdulkerim Sen and Hugh Starkey highlight civic education as a tool of state-building in modern Turkey as well as a hot spot of continuing contestation within a deeply divided society."
— Thomas W. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
This book provides a detailed and thoughtful insight into how the ideological shift in Turkey from secular to Islamic nationalism shaped and changed the school curriculum; specifically courses on citizenship education. It also provides a fascinating analysis of how Turkey's quest to satisfy the conditions for entry to the EU facilitated that change.
— Paul Morris, University College London