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The relationship between higher education and democratic citizenship enjoys much attention in contemporary debates addressing the changing role and function of universities. The issue, which stands in the front, is the questioning of the social function of the university in relation to the needs of modern democratic societies and their development, or in a more narrow scope, the role of higher education in the process of creating and empowering a citizen. In relation to the two traditional functions – teaching and research – the social function of higher education and its contribution to democratic citizenship appear in discussion as a very complex and sometimes contradictory issue, so that a unique definition cannot be given.
Democratic Citizenship as an “Archetypal Model” of the Modern University
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Zgaga, P. (2016). Higher Education and Democratic Citizenship. In: Shin, J., Teixeira, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_14-1
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