Active Citizenship and Social Cohesion

Book excerpt: A Report on the Brainstorming Session Held in November 1999 on "Education for Democratic Citizenship and Social Cohesion." See: http://culture.coe.fr/postsummit/citizenship/concepts/erap9960.htm This document summarizes the discussions that took place during the "brainstorming session" that paved the way for the Conference of European Ministers of Education on democratic citizenship and social co. [...] The main purpose of the session was to clarify the link between education for democratic citizenship and social cohesion. [...] It is important to develop and combine the theoretical, practical and social knowledge necessary to meet the challenge of a society in constant evolution. [...] A perceived need for the presence of widespread democratic support for the legitimacy and The Foundation's research on active citizenship found that citizen participation in practice takes to s or implication for social policy across the European Union. [...] Cohesion depends on the relatively advantaged sections of the population feeling solidarity with the worse-off, and the wor feeling that they have social protection.