Are Education and Nationalism a Happy Marriage? Ethno-Nationalist Disruptions of Education in Dutch Classrooms

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  • Author(s): Siebers, Hans (ORCID Siebers, Hans (ORCID 0000-0001-6250-3816)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2019 40(1):33-49.
  • Publication Date:
    2019
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      17
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Nationalism; Citizenship Education; College Students; Student Diversity; Culture Conflict; Mass Media; Politics; Multicultural Education; Immigrants
    • Subject Terms:
      Netherlands
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/01425692.2018.1480354
    • ISSN:
      0142-5692
    • Abstract:
      Following Gellner, citizenship education has often been framed in terms of nationalism. This framing is supported by methodological nationalism that legitimizes nationalism as either functional (civic nationalism) or natural (ethnic nationalism). Based on a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data, this study of the dynamics in the classes of a Dutch faculty of social professions highlights the disruptive impact of nationalism on citizenship education, spilling over to other courses as well. Ethno-nationalist discourses in Dutch media and politics as well as in multiculturalism approaches used in citizenship education fuel conflicts between non-migrant students and students with a migration background that disrupt education. It is argued that in globalized settings like these classes, a more viable approach to citizenship education would take an institutional instead of communitarian perspective.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2019
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1207587