We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a
step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly …

Large-scale international databases provide valuable resources for scholars, educators and
policy-makers interested in civic engagement and education in nations that are democracies …

Exploring the debate within social sciences on the consequences of ethnic diversity for
social cohesion and the production of public goods, this book draws on extensive survey …

This study examines whether neighborhood ties (comprising neighborhood trust and
neighborhood friendship), place attachment, and civic responsibility influence a person's …

This working paper was originally produced for the KING programme, an interdisciplinary
and international programme of research funded by the EU, exploring the factors facilitating …

This article examines attitudes among 14-year-old native students in 14 Western countries to
assess how out-group size, as measured by the proportion of first-and second-generation …

This article reports on a systematic review of the evidence concerning the impact of
citizenship education, specifically focusing on the effect of different teaching activities on a …

The influence of the ethnic composition of schools on interethnic relations and attitudes has
been studied extensively and has received ample interest from policy makers. However, less …

In the context of ongoing debate about the positive and negative consequences of ethnic
diversity for intergroup relations, we study inter-ethnic relations among adolescents in …

This study examined short-and long-term effects of ethnic classroom diversity for intergroup
relations in adolescence. Using a five-year panel of Swedish majority youth (M ageT1 …