Publication: Educating for citizenship in a fragile democracy: interrogating civic agenda in Thai higher education
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2021-01-01
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14693623
03057925
03057925
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2-s2.0-85107797870
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Mahidol University
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Compare. (2021)
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Vachararutai Boontinand Educating for citizenship in a fragile democracy: interrogating civic agenda in Thai higher education. Compare. (2021). doi:10.1080/03057925.2021.1932420 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/79112
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Educating for citizenship in a fragile democracy: interrogating civic agenda in Thai higher education
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In light of socio-political dynamics at play in contemporary Thailand, higher education (HE) is becoming an important site for citizenship learning. This article interrogates priorities and practices of civic/citizenship education in Thai universities. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with leadership in five public universities across Thailand. Findings suggest that civic/citizenship education serves various goals. Despite the call for HE to respond to societal crisis, the discursive practices of formal civic/citizenship education in Thai universities function not only to maintain the state ideology by producing responsible citizens but also serve to supply adaptable and voluntary-minded employees for the market. Thai universities also appropriates civic/citizenship learning for their own institutional branding. In the context where democracy is undermined, civic/citizenship education is depoliticised.