시민사회와 민주시민교육 = Civil Society and Democratic Civic Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study contemplates contemporary democratic civic education in the context of Korean democratization after Liberation and civil society movements in its extension. That is to say, civil society, especially movements for democracy in civil society was the critical force of democratization in Korea. Consequently, procedural democratization has achieved. However, it has been faced certain limitations by the change of civil society of post-democratization. To overcome the limitations of the development of civil society, citizenship and democratic competency must be improved by democratic civic education. Accordingly I would like to present the necessity of democratic civic education and significance of its institutionalization, In chapter 2, to analyze the nature of the civil society in Korea and democratic civic education, I would like to review the existing studies dealing with the concept of the transition of democracy, the concept of the civil society and the concept of democratic civic education. In chapter 3, I am going to review the necessity of democratic civic education as an expedient to overcome certain limitations by the change of civil society of post-democratization. In chapter 4, I would like to consider the necessity of democratic civic education to contribute to the consolidation of democracy and building of civil and political culture. In the conclusion, the institutionalization of democratic civic education will be described.