School and enhancement of self-expression values

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Petra Kleindienst

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Schools as agents of political socialisation are important in the context of building democratic political culture. Hence, it is relevant to research which citizen orientations indicate a well-functioning and stable democracy. Recent studies have revealed that self-expression values have considerable impact on the existence and functioning of democracy. Based on the theoretical examination of self-expression values, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate that self-expression values reflect human dignity. The analysis is substantial since the concept of human dignity is considered a foundation of democratic political culture. Thereby, schools should put a larger emphasis on strengthening human dignity, which is reflected by values that drive democratic performance.

Keywords: School, education, political socialisation, values, democracy, self-expression, human dignity, political culture.

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Kleindienst, P. (2017). School and enhancement of self-expression values. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(8), 184–194. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.3030 (Original work published January 10, 2018)
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