ABSTRACT
From the earliest writings on political philosophy to the present day, philosophers have been theorizing about citizenship and the type of education that best encourages its development. The works of Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, and John Dewey are among the most well-known in this regard. Although not all of these philosophers provided fully developed accounts of the kind of education favored by their political theories, they all recognized the need to educate the younger members of society, whether for the purpose of reproducing the social order or for the purpose of radically transforming it.1
Contemporary political philosophy is no exception to this historical pattern. The last few decades have witnessed a revival of interest in the topic of citizenship, and in the particular contribution that different types of educational institutions such as families and schools can make to secure the enjoyment of rights and the fulfillment of responsibilities by members of future generations.2
