Unit 1: Civic Education

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Dear students, your facilitators for the unit on Civic Education are Mr. Janvier Murenzi, Dr. Innocent Rugaragu, Dr. Philibert Gakwenzire, and Dr. Raphael Nkaka,. This first lecture series are about Citizenship, State-building, National identity and History of Rwanda. Civic education.. At UR, we cherish the relevance of this module for both substantive and instrumental reasons. This unit provides you with an exposure as future servants and leaders to the basic notions and issues in relation to citizenship, state-building, national identity and history of Rwanda.

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this unit, you should be able to:

 1. Explain what is involved in the notions, debates and practices of citizenship, state building and national identity

2. Discuss the connection between history of Rwanda and issues of citizenship, state building and national identity;

3. Portray an ideal Rwandan citizen

Teaching and learning resources/activities

You are required to read the notes and other given reading materials by the facilitators on each sub-unit of Civic Education. You will also be asked to discuss the learning materials in forums and attempt quizzes and different assignments.

Resources:

Core references:

• • Rwanda’s Constitution of 2003 with Amendments through 2015, art. 25, in Constituteproject.org, PDF generated on 20 July 2020, 20: 05
  • The Organic Law no. 30/2008 of 25/07/2008, www.migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/templates/pdf-files.
  • Charles K. Mulinda, Raphael Nkaka,  The political vision of the Rwandan kingdom,  Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017):
  • Jean-Paul Kimonyo, Transforming Rwanda: Challenges on the Road to Reconstruction, 2019
  • Michael F. Harsch, Better approach to state building, Islands of stability, January 2, 2017

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 Optional references:

• • Robert D. Putnam, “The Strange Disappearance of Civic America”. Extracted from The American Prospect, 7, 24 (Dec. 1, 1995), pp. 34-48. See also in Schumaker, P. (ed.), op. cit., pp. 249-51
  • Isin, E. F. and Bryan, S., Turner, Handbook of Citizenship Studies, 01/Jan. 2002. DOI: 10.4135/978184860827. no.1
  • Timothy D. Sisk, State-building, Polity, 1st ed. May 28, 2013
  • Iris M.Young, “Polity and Group Difference: A Critique of Ideal of Universal Citizenship”, in Ethics, 99 (January 1989), pp. 250-73. See in Schumaker, P. (ed.), The Political Theory Reader, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010: 226-31sq.