ABSTRACT
The last decade has seen citizenship education move rapidly up the policy agenda for national governments and supranational organisations, such as the Council of Europe. This has been in response to a number of drivers. They include: concern about weakening political and civic engagement in society, particularly among the young; increased movement of peoples within and across countries and the pressures on community cohesion and intercultural relations; enlargement of supranational entities such as the European Union (EU); the impact of global events, particularly 9/11 and the London, Madrid and Mumbai attacks; and concerns about combating terrorism and extremism.
