This open access book discusses and addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as theoretically discussed and practically experienced. The monograph combines, in an unconventional way, selected philosophical accounts and everyday experiences from certain locations in Tanzania and Uganda. It provides contributions from philosophical ideas drawing on scholars such as Chantal Mouffe, Rosi Braidotti, Theodor Adorno, and Étienne Balibar on the one hand, and the conceptions articulated by groups of inhabitants of rural and urban settings in Africa, on the other hand. Therefore, the book offers fresh readings under the lenses of citizenship and learning.

Katariina Holma is Professor of Education and Head of theResearch Unit at the University of Oulu, Finland.

Tiina Kontinen is Associate Professor in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

"This volume offers a fascinating blend of theory and case studies, ranging from Étienne Balibar to realities in Tanzania and Uganda, thereby offering a wide range of thought-provoking reflections and local insights. The explorations into the nature and practice of citizenship and in particular the role of citizenship education for the reproduction of societies add great value through new perspectives to African and Development Studies." ( —Prof Dr. Henning Melber, University of Pretoria and University of the Free State, President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).)

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Provides you rigorous theories and engaging lived experiences of citizenship and learning Includes original insights on how people in rural Africa define “citizenship” Provides contributions from researchers from the global South based on their extensive fieldwork

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