A Situated Response: Academic & Frontline
As the pandemic painfully uncovered where global solidarity fails and where education becomes an ‘essential’ service to society, populist messages, conspiracy theories and socio-economic and educational injustices persisted and even grew. It may thus … 
solidarity
who has shown solidarity with whom in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020? lessons for teaching solidarity to students
Introduction[1. I would like to thank Franziska Ziegler, Simona Szakács-Behling and Christian Brüggemann for constructive comments on earlier versions of the text.]
Why is solidarity so appealing in times of crisis: Is it the reference to mutual support between social groups and the affirmative …
neoliberal meritocracy: how ‘widening participation’ to universities in england reinforces class divisions
The Higher Education ‘Sector’ in England
Up until the late 1990s, British universities were largely state funded and students were provided with government and local authority grants for attendance, expenses and even Study Abroad opportunities. Although not immune from political and public …
can solidarity be taught?
It was Aide et Action Benin who decided to launch a movement in this country in order to educate the population to donate, to show solidarity with one another, to enable a child who is lost somehow to have access to school. Because here the white person, excuse me, is still perceived as someone who …
towards a praxis of educational solidarity
Since World War II, with the decolonization of dozens of nation-states and the rise of global frameworks for advancing the right to education, more children have entered school than ever before in human history. Eighty percent of children worldwide currently attend school according to recent data …
the empty demand for solidarity
In his novel “The Age of the Fish,” first published in 1937, Ödön von Horváth describes how the students in a school class ally against their teacher and try to have him replaced. The trigger for this resistance by the students was a reprimand from the teacher that seemed unjust and unacceptable to …
the solidum in solidarity
Claims to 'Solidarity'
'Solidarity' is a contested concept, both in social discourse and in moral philosophy. As the term appears in powerful political traditions, references to solidarity invoke strong normative associations. However, as different incompatible notions of 'solidarity' coexist in …
building solidarities through public education: national, multicultural and cosmopolitan?
Solidarities: National, Multicultural and Cosmopolitan[1. This paper draws upon an analysis I prepared for the “Future of Education” project of the Institute for Public Policy Research (Kymlicka, 2019).]
Public education has historically promoted two forms of solidarity: (1) a bounded national …
expanded education and global integration: solidarity and conflict
A Globalized Schooled Society[1. Work on this essay was supported by the National Research Foundation (Korea): NRF-2017S1A3A2067636.]
Education has expanded and become a global institution, rapidly in the period since World War II, and even more in the neoliberal period since around 1990 (Baker, …
editorial: frontiers of solidarity
Solidarity is one of those multifarious ideas that appears to gain popularity in times of crisis – and is called for by politicians, the media, celebrities, and the general public, (sometimes) from diametrically opposed ideological positions (Chouliaraki, 2013; Lahusen, 2020; Wallaschek, 2020). The …