"Intention Is Not Method, Belief Is Not Evidence": Civic Education and Prevention with Former Right-Wing Extremists in German Schools

By Antje Gansewig

For over 20 years, school interventions involving former right-wing extremists have been popular in Germany. In practice, they are advertised and conducted as both civic education and extremism prevention. This book uses an evidence-based and interdisciplinary approach to examine the potentials and challenges of this format. It provides a thematic embedding of German application, a comprehensive review of attributed impact assumptions and the state of related research. Furthermore, this research offers highly valuable, unique and comprehensive insights based on empirical evidence. It thus contributes to a better understanding of the format and its complexity. Overall, the findings give no clear indication that the involvement of former right-wing extremists in schools initiate civic education processes or prevent political extremism. Rather, the investigation found fundamental needs for additional research, modification, and sensitization. In this vein, this book makes a pioneer contribution to quality assurance and evaluation research in civic education and extremism prevention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3658397756
• ISBN13: 9783658397753
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Springer vs
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"