citizenship is one of the most important sociopolitical concepts that have full of ups and downs along the history and thinkers and scholars interested in socio culture issues have been challenged and discussed since ancient times. this concept consists of a set of rights and obligations that member of society have in related to each other, entities, and society. the aim of the research is to i...

background and purpose: the problematic reduction of civic engagement in local communities of khuzestan province in the southwest of iran has became a serious issue for research in social planning and policy making. efforts have been made to study the risk factors as the deterrents to engaging in the society. methods: this study aims to investigate the factors influencing civic engagement among...

Based on the past sixteen years of experience with an online collaborative endeavor offered across differing university types, as well modes instruction, best practice found that by fostering student peer exchanges a web site students reached high level achievement in these courses. Findings indicate despite differences institutions or were academically reflective their discussions geographic b...

English A deep philosophical divide exists between ‘strictly objective’ scientists, who believe that engaging in civic debates undermines objectivity, and ‘citizen scientists’, who believe scientists can – and at times should – help decision makers incorporate sound scientific knowledge. Here we suggest that the threat posed to scientific objectivity by the escalating politicisation of science ...

This study aimed to examine the efficacy of online petitions in enhancing citizen participation skills. Employing a quantitative approach with descriptive methods, research focused on population active students enrolled Teaching and Education Faculty at Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University. Simple random sampling was utilized as technique. The validity reliability data were assessed using SPSS app...

Democratic and governmental transformations require students to develop numerous civic skills that will allow them fully participate in adult life enjoy all civil rights. They constitute a very important link the school education cycle, but above all, education. The student government creates one of most forms social activity available students, which allows develop, among others, organizationa...

This article describes and evaluates civic networks in Europe and the USA. These are seen as attempts to use new media technology, particularly the internet, to improve participation in local democratic processes. Various aspects of democratic communication are examined, including information access, preference measurement, deliberation and group mobilization. A wide variety of city-based exper...