Deciphering citizenship education in Asian contexts: discourse, practice and politics

Seeing citizenship education as discourse, this Special Issue ‘Deciphering Citizenship Education in Asian Contexts: Discourse, Practice and Politics’ explores the discursive construction of internationally recognizable citizenship education rhetorics in different Asian contexts. The topics of the openly solic-ited articles suggest that in the call to examine citizenship education rhetoric and discourse in Asia, national citizenship remains a main concern, while participatory or active citizenship draws increased attention. While only presenting a few cases, the Special Issue raises the need to scratch beneath the rhetorical surface and examine citizenship education as a discourse that bears out societal power relations and politics and has consequences for practical teaching and learning in diverse Asian societies.