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Berghahn Books Civil Enculturation Nation-State School and Ethnic Difference in The Netherlands Britain Germany and France 2004 Edition by Werner Schiffauer, Gerd Baumann, Riva Kastoryano
For several years now, the concepts of 'civil culture' and 'civil society' have been widely discussed in the social sciences. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this volume is one of few studies that offer solid and focused ethnographic research on how the tenets and assumptions of civil culture are inculcated in schools. The authors examined school curricula, texts and pedagogical practices, observed daily interaction within the schools and outside, and conducted numerous interviews and discussion groups. The experience of students from Turkish backgrounds in the four countries was given special attention, thus offering valuable insights into the changing dynamics of nation-state civil cultures in multicultural societies. Table of contents :- PrefaceIntroduction: Nation-state, Schools and Civil EnculturationGerd BaumannPART I: FOUR CIVIL CULTURES AT SCHOOLChapter 1. The School as a Place in its Social SpaceGerd Baumann and Thijl SunierChapter 2. Representing the Nation in History TextbooksWerner Schiffauer and Thijl SunierChapter 3. Taxonomies of Cultural Difference: Constructions of OthernessSabine Mannitz and Werner SchiffauerChapter 4. The Place of Religion in Four Civil CulturesSabine MannitzChapter 5. Muslim Headscarves in Four Nation-states and SchoolsBeate ColletPART II: CIVIL ENCULTURATION AND DISCURSIVE ASSIMILATIONChapter 6. National Language and Mother TongueThijl SunierChapter 7. Regimes of Discipline and Civil Conduct in Berlin and ParisSabine MannitzChapter 8. Argumentative StrategiesThijl SunierChapter 9. Pupils' Negotiations of Cultural Difference: Identity Management and Discursive AssimilationSabine MannitzEpilogue: Limitations, Convergence and Cross-oversSabine MannitzNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex