Many of the often complex debates central to the topics of belonging and social cohesion have their origins in contrasting interpretations of the ideal relationship between citizens. Governments across much of the western world continue to struggle to reconceptualise what it is to 'belong together' at a time of growing diversity and migration.…

Women experience exclusion from citizenship in significant ways. The New Right's education agenda promotes lifelong learning and citizenship within the context of the free market. But lifelong learning can promote a more inclusive view of citizenship by challenging social and cultural reproduction processes, taking a liberatory perspective, and…