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Modern complexity:happiness is dangerousModern complexity:happiness is dangerous

Living in the modern civil society means Globalisation & individualisationBut also Coping with risks Moving through networks Learning to change and changing to learn

Modern society is a risk societyModern society is a risk society “Risk may be defined as a systematic way

of dealing with hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernization itself” (Beck)

"In contrast to all earlier epochs (including industrial society), the risk society is characterized essentially by a lack: the impossibility of an external attribution of hazards. In other words, risks depend on decisions, they are industrially produced and in this sense politically reflexive‘(Beck)

“Understanding and dealing with risk is essential to a dynamic economy and an innovative society" (Giddens)

Modern society is a network societyModern society is a network society National, regional and local economies depend ultimately

on the dynamics of the global economy to which they are connected through networks and markets (Castels)

The network enterprise: a new form of organisation characteristic of economic activity, but gradually extending its logic to other domains and organisations

Pattern of networking, flexibility and ephemeral symbolic communication in a culture organised around the electronic media (Castels)

Virtual reality: timeless time and space of the flows

Civil societyCivil society

Society of citizens Citizenship Rights and duties

The complexity of citizenshipThe complexity of citizenship

Citizenship as status: the legal contract between State and individual, incl. nationality

Citizenship as social role:The sense of belonging and inclusiveness, focus on inter-relations

STATE

National Governement

Local authoritiesNGO’s

Political parties

Social movements

Churches

Large enterprises

Social partners

Local business life

MARKET

Social life, clubs, selforganisations

Informal networks for care, neighbourhood and work

Schools

Friends and family

COMMUNITY

CIVIL SOCIETY

Tne small concept of civil society

Tne small concept of civil society

The wide concept of civil societyThe wide concept of civil society

State

Community Market

Between tradition and modernityBetween tradition and modernity

Traditional civil society Public space where

citizens outside their private life take care for community matters

Modern civil society Silent duty and even

social pressure to agree on social norms and values and to establish free associations to influence reality

Corner stones of civil societyCorner stones of civil society

Citizens: Freedom Voluntas (free will) Voluntairy work life

Society: Acceptance Commitment Integration

State: regulation to self regulation Protection Participation Empowerment

Self identity – who do I amSelf identity – who do I am Binding: social organisations like political parties,

social movements or churches making you a socialist, an intellectual, a catholic, etc.

Membership

Bonding: self initiatives, peer groupsBeing or feeling recognised and accepted

Bridging: networking based on personal choices Self esteem and self confidence Fleeting, temporary and flexible

Trends in modern civil societyTrends in modern civil society

No state control and protection, but self direction Financial withdrawal of the state Local authorities as director and as facilitator NGO’s as social entrepreneurs Enterprises focus on corporate social

responsability

Interactive policy making – ranking participation

Interactive policy making – ranking participation

High

Citizens

Influence

Low

High Authority influence Low

5. Take part in deciding

4. Co-production

3. Advising

2. Consultating

1. Informing

Output of civil societyOutput of civil society

Public opinion building in society Generation of social capital

(competence to collaborate)

Role of the social sector: iungtare, iuncto, iunctusRole of the social sector: iungtare, iuncto, iunctus

The social sector is adjuncting something to the well being of target groups through conjuncting them and injuncting them in society (for participation and integration) – but it injunct also itself in a range of result oriented organisations focused on providing social life arrangements

Adult education in the civil societyAdult education in the civil society

Support of interactive policy making Support of processes of new strategic alliances Lifelong learning – managing changes Competence development and training

Citizenship learningCitizenship learning

Social learning (in, about and for society) Based on experience and practice Democratisation of learning, focus on the learner Multipe, interconnnected, transversal learning

approaches

Active citizenship Active citizenship

Active citizenship is no static attitude or competence

The meaning of active citizenship changes in relation to lifecourse development: it is always embedded in different socio-cultural contexts and in specific individual biographies.

Chances for real participation as precondition

DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIPDIMENSIONS OF LEARNING FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

DESIRE

COMPETENCE + POWER

CONTEXT

SOLIDARITY

Citizenship educationCitizenship education Citizenship education is a method of social inclusion, in

the course of which people togehter create the experience of becoming the architects and actors of their own lives. Opportunities to learn and practise autonomy, responsibility, co-operation and creativity enable the development of a sense personal worth and of expertise in confronting and tolerating ambiguities and oppositions

DGXXII Education and active citizenship in the European Union, 1998

Open model of guidanceOpen model of guidance Inclusiveness, open to all people of all ages and

reaching out especially to vulnerable and marginalized groups

Intergenerational approach, incuding the family context and childcare provision

Easily accesible phone-in services Free internet infomation and advice Accessibility at the workplace Multidisciplnary partnerships

Quality assuranceQuality assurance

Porfessional training and certification of guidance practitioners

Employment of stafff with amulti-cultural background

On-going training for all staff Provision of unbiased infromation on education,

training and work opportunities

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