Innovations in Israel’s Civics Textbooks: Enlightening Trends in Non-Western Democracies

Classic Western democracies (those of Western Europe and the Anglophone world) view the teaching of civics as a policy instrument through which liberal values, democracy, and even globalization are introduced to future citizens, thus expecting to assure the persistence of democracy. In present-day d...

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Published in:Israel studies review 2020-12, Vol.35 (3), p.52-71
Main Authors: Galanti, Sigal Ben-Rafael, Carmel, Paz, Levkowitz, Alon
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Citizenship education
Core curriculum
Democracy
Democratization
Eastern Europe
Economic development
Education policy
Elites
Equal rights
Globalization
High schools
Innovations
International relations
Israel
National identity
Nationalism
Patriotism
Politics
Populism
Religion
Secondary schools
Society
Teaching
Textbooks
Traditions
Trends
Values
Western Europe
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subjects Citizenship education
Core curriculum
Democracy
Democratization
Eastern Europe
Economic development
Education policy
Elites
Equal rights
Globalization
High schools
Innovations
International relations
Israel
National identity
Nationalism
Patriotism
Politics
Populism
Religion
Secondary schools
Society
Teaching
Textbooks
Traditions
Trends
Values
Western Europe
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