This document discusses active citizenship, which refers to citizens voluntarily working directly or through representatives to exercise power towards shared goals. It outlines several key points: - Active citizenship involves both rights and responsibilities in civic issues. - It concerns everyone and depends on partnerships between various groups in society. - There are four dimensions: capacity to act, relationships with others, desire to be involved, and awareness of social contexts. - Sociological theories focus on socializing individuals for new roles, while psychological theories emphasize personal development. - Barriers to active citizenship include lack of time, work/leisure patterns, and changing values. - Ways to be an active citizen include joining community groups, volunteering, and

1. INSTRUCTOR: SIR ZEEDAN MANZ00R
Active Citizenship

2. ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

3. ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

4. CONTINUED…..
 Active citizenship is a way of development
greater young citizen responsibility.
 It is a combination of obligations and
responsibilities through involvement in civic
issues.

6. CONTINUED .…..
 Active Citizenship refers to the voluntary
capacity of citizens and communities
working directly together or through
elected representatives to exercise
economic, social or political power in
pursuit of shared goals.

7. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
 Active Citizenship concerns everyone.
 We all have rights and responsibilities, and
shared national, continental and global
interests.
 A successful society depends on a
partnership with citizens, civil society, unions,
business, and elected representatives.
 Active Citizens are made, not born.
 Active Citizenship needs leadership.

8. STEPS OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
 Choose the issue
 Who and what can
help to solve the issue
 What kind of action will
you take
 How will you know if
you are successful

9. STEPS OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
 Plan and get ready for
performance
 Put your plan into
action…
 Time to reflect,
evaluate and report
your story

10. STEPS OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

11. DIMENSIONS
 Active citizenship has four dimensions as
1. Capacity (how people can act based on their
rights),
2. Connection (relationship with others),
3. Challenge (desire of self in practices during
involvement)
4. Context (how people aware of diverse
options during social practices)

12. DIMENSIONS OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

13. APPROACHES TO ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
There are two approaches about citizenship which
can explain active citizenship
 Psychological theories often focus on personal
development in contrast with sociologists’ focus on
social and structural forces and environment in the
course of socialization.
 Sociological theories focus more on teaching
individual at each life stage to socialize them for new
roles riley .Based on this approach, socialization has
two seemingly contradictory functions, one of which
is “fitting people into social roles” and the other of
which is freeing them from it by the way of
“individuation”.

14. BARRIERS TO ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
 Time
 New work patterns
 Changing values
and choices
 New leisure
patterns

15. HOW TO BE AN ACTIVE CITIZEN

16. BE AN ACTIVE CITIZEN
An active citizen is someone who cares about
their community enough to change it. You can
become an active citizen and help to make your
community a better place in any of the following
ways.
 Join your local community forum
 Volunteer
 Support a local voluntary organization
 Take part in a consultation
 Participation

17. PARTICIPATION

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