Training for Model Citizenship

An Ethnography of Civic Education and State-Making in Rwanda

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Reform
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Author: Molly Sundberg ISBN: 9781137584229
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Molly Sundberg
ISBN: 9781137584229
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book explores the state in post-genocide Rwanda through an ethnography of a state-run civic education program and everyday forms of government. 

In 2007, the Rwandan government introduced a nationwide civic education program, called Itorero, to teach all inhabitants about its vision of the model Rwandan citizen. Since then, this ideal has been pursued through remote training camps, village assemblies, and daily government practices. Based on ethnographic research of the life and workings of Itorero camps and the day-to-day administration of a local neighborhood in Kigali, this book investigates how such a pursuit has come to affect Rwandans’ relation to the state and what it may tell us about modern forms of authoritarian rule.

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This book explores the state in post-genocide Rwanda through an ethnography of a state-run civic education program and everyday forms of government. 

In 2007, the Rwandan government introduced a nationwide civic education program, called Itorero, to teach all inhabitants about its vision of the model Rwandan citizen. Since then, this ideal has been pursued through remote training camps, village assemblies, and daily government practices. Based on ethnographic research of the life and workings of Itorero camps and the day-to-day administration of a local neighborhood in Kigali, this book investigates how such a pursuit has come to affect Rwandans’ relation to the state and what it may tell us about modern forms of authoritarian rule.

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