Plädoyer für ein kritisch-weltgesellschaftliches Bildungsverständnis. Politische Bildung in Zeiten des (Post-)Neoliberalismus

In order to sound out the possibilities of citizenship education, the present article uses the neoliberal restructuring of society and especially of educational policy as a broader context with a special focus on the diagnosis of a "post-democracy" or an "authoritarian etatism". It is shown that the neoliberal changes are not “practical constraints” but strategically enforced developments that have been promoted by conservative and social-democratic powers alike. This is also the starting point for the present discussion on the current "post-neoliberal constellation". What does this reorientation in some political fields mean for the democratic process in general and for educational policy in particular? To what extent does this increase the chances of an emancipatory and global social education?