ABSTRACT
In a plural and liberal society it should not be expected that there will be easy, universal or once-for-all agreement on the aims of citizenship education. In such a society - cross-cutting the categories in which issues of diversity and inclusion are usually addressed (class, gender, ethnicity, religion, abilities/disabilities, sexuality, age)- there is room for different understandings of what citizenship involves and diverse conceptions of the good citizen. So when the aims of citizenship education are discussed, there is always scope for different lists of aims, different interpretations of items on those lists, and different priorities between items.
