Global Citizenship

Rousseau's Social Contract and a Theory for Global Citizenship

by Oscar de la Parra

Citizenship: arbitrary criteria for membership

by Oscar de la Parra

Unpublished essay.

Are all forms of attribution of citizenship on the basis of birth
equally arbitrary? We live in a world system... more Are all forms of attribution of citizenship on the basis of birth
equally arbitrary? We live in a world system where the metropolitan cluster of industrialised countries enjoys stability and development. To be born into one of these privileged states comes with an array of possibilities and support that someone born in a developing country can only dream of. what is it about the circumstances of one's birth, that entitle one to this or that membership? On what grounds does this constitute a criteria for limiting access to wealth?

Supranational citizenship and democracy: normative and empirical dimensions

by Carlos Closa

in La Torre, Massimo (ed.) (1998) European citizenship; an institutional challenge(Dordrecht: Kluwer Law) pages 415-433

Citizenship in an Interdependent World: The Hard Questions

by Liza Griffin

There grows the neighbourhood’: Green citizenship, creativity and life politics on eco-TV

by Tania Lewis

Published in International Journal of Cultural Studies May 2012 vol. 15 no. 3

Slavery and Colonialism: The Worst Terrorism on Africa

by Mohamed Eno

Co-authored with Omar A. Eno, Mohamed H. Ingiriis, and Jamal M. Haji; Published in African Renaissance, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2012.

Humans need not justify terrorism of any kind, regardless of whether one is Muslim, Christian or Jew, because it is... more Humans need not justify terrorism of any kind, regardless of whether one is Muslim, Christian or Jew, because it is the axis of evil and devastation of mankind. However, the deliberate use of the term terrorism in recent decades was carefully selected, mainly, against a certain religion (Islam). The idea was then globally politicized by the Western world. Leaving that scholarly view in its own right, we disagree with the opinion raising terrorism as the devil’s just-born child of evil, when in reality Africans had been terrorized for centuries as slaves and human chattel. Hence the basis for the concept of this thesis: conceptualizing the episode of ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorist’ from the broader perspective of its practice from the Middle Passage or the Atlantic Slave Trade. To portray that argument and broaden the scope of the debate over this critically sensitive subject, we divided the discussion into three sections: an examination of what constitutes terrorism and terrorist; history of terrorism and terrorists from an Africa perspective; and the ideological constraints within the subject of terrorism as practiced by the US and its Western allies.

Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education

by David Hebert

Forthcoming multi-author book, co-edited with Alexandra Kertz-Welzel.

Patriotism And Nationalism In Music Education
by David Hebert and Alexandra Kertz-Welzel (edt.)
ISBN-13 : 9781409430803
ISBN-10 : 1409430804
Publisher : ASHGATE PUBLISHING
Format : Hardback
Pub Date : August 2012
Status : Not yet published [complete manuscript now in press]

Music has long served as an emblem of national identity in educational systems throughout the world. Patriotic songs... more Music has long served as an emblem of national identity in educational systems throughout the world. Patriotic songs are commonly considered healthy and essential ingredients of the school curriculum, nurturing the respect, loyalty and 'good citizenship' of students. But to what extent have music educators critically examined the potential benefits and costs of nationalism? Globalization in the contemporary world has revolutionized the nature of international relationships, such that patriotism may merit rethinking as an objective for music education. The fields of 'peace studies' and 'education for international understanding' may better reflect current values shared by the profession, values that often conflict with the nationalistic impulse. This is the first book to introduce an international dialogue on this important theme; nations covered include Germany, the USA, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Canada.


Hebert, D. G. & Kertz-Welzel, A. (Eds.) (2012, Ashgate, forthcoming/in press). Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education. [Contributors: Simon Keller, Jane Southcott, Kari Veblen, Ambigay Yudkoff, Carlos Abril, CheeHoo Lum, Eugene Dairianathan, Amy Beegle, Wai-Chung Ho, Marja Heimonen, David G. Hebert, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel].

National plurality within single statehood in the European Union

by Carlos Closa

"Communicative Citizenship, Preliminary Approaches" (English Version) 2012

by Camilo Andres Tamayo Gomez

In order to understand the relationship between
communication, citizenship and rights it is necessary
to... more In order to understand the relationship between
communication, citizenship and rights it is necessary
to analyse three fields separately: the political communication
field, the social communication field and
the cultural communication field.

This research has developed a concept of communicative citizenship, a model and methodological tools to create a comprehensive and integrative approach to the relationship
between communication, citizenship and rights, and
overcome this gap.

The project includes the analysis of socio communicative regimes in an armed conflictcontext (Colombia), a multicultural context focusing on migrants’ political action (United Kingdom), and a society where Governmental control affects communicative
and political rights (Italy).

To describe,analyse and understand how these conditions affect the human rights field and how it is possible to claim for
justice, equality and freedom from a communicative
perspective, are the final aims of this research.

The political economy of global citizenship education

by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti

Introduction to the double issue of Globalisation, Societies and Education on the political economy of GCE.

Popular Culture and Democratic Practice

by Nadine Dolby

Globalisation, identity, and nation: Australian and American undergraduates abroad

by Nadine Dolby

Menilai Akuntabilitas Pemerintah Kota

by Ahmad Rizky M. Umar

Working Paper No. 1, July 2011. Yogyakarta: Institute of International Studies UGM.

This article tries to analyze relations between public policy evaluation, participation, and government’s... more This article tries to analyze relations between public policy evaluation, participation, and government’s accountability. In policy process, the policy evaluation usually conducted by government. It means, accountability will be depends on government’s activity to present their policy process to public due to legal mechanism. This process is very technocratic and government’s determination will be very strong. Deliberative democracy concept propose public participation in policy process, especially in policy evaluation process. It implies public access for information and opportunity to give feedback to policy makers in order to evaluate government activity. The evaluation is accepted by government and referred as a part of policy evaluation process. This mechanism is called “participatory policy evaluation”. How does it work in India and Indonesia? This paper tracks the strategy to strengthen public participation in Bangalore, India through Citizen Report Card (CRC). This mechanism of policy evaluation give opportunity to citizen to participate. As a result, this paper affirms that participation in policy process strengthen government accountability in matters of transparency and responsiveness.

"What's My Name? Or, Developing in Linga."

by David Jefferess

." Jouvert: A Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 6.1-2 (Fall 2001).

“Unsettling Cosmopolitanism: Global Citizenship and the Cultural Politics of Benevolence.”

by David Jefferess

Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education. Eds. Vanessa Andreotti and Lynn Mario T. M. de Souza. London: Routledge. 2011: 27-46.

“Benevolence, Global Citizenship, and Post-Racial Politics.”

by David Jefferess

Topia: A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 25 (Spring 2011): 77-95.

The "Me to We" Social Enterprise: Global Education as Lifestyle Brand

by David Jefferess

Critical Literacy 6.1 (2012)

he North American-based social enterprise Me to We has developed into one of the leading youth-oriented humanitarian... more he North American-based social enterprise Me to We has developed into one of the leading youth-oriented humanitarian agencies in Canada and provides a primary means of actualizing global citizenship within the Canadian education system. Through the annual We Day spectacles and the organization’s Schools In Action program, Me to We engages with tens of thousands of Canadian youth each year. Drawing upon the idea of a “personal” social movement and the articulation of cosmopolitanism as a “lifestyle”, Me to We is an example of, but also extends, Elise Chouliaraki’s notion of “post-humanitarian discourse.” This article provides a critique of Me to We as a “lifestyle brand” which functions as much within the discourse of humanitarianism as it does the emergent self-help industry in North America. Me to We’s social enterprise model provides a specifically neoliberal formulation of the practice of philanthropy in that it relies upon corporate-consumer affiliation not only with the “brand” but with the celebrity front men of the organization, Craig and Marc Kielburger. Despite the appeal to the collective, the pedagogical project of Me to We relies upon, and reinforces, the benevolent subject who is distinguished by their desire to transcend affluence without giving it up.

Global Citizenship in 2040: Six Scenarios

by Vahid V. Motlagh

1- Placeless Brains Triumph, 2-Planetary Second Life, 3-Multicultural City Islands, 4-Cherished Mental Model, 5-Lagging Global Education, 6-Tribal Towers Tremble

After listening to a presentation that reviewed the scientific discoveries and technological developments,... more After listening to a presentation that reviewed the scientific discoveries and technological developments, participants in the workshop titled Global Placeless Brains at the conference Reconciling Babel – Education for cosmopolitanism were directed in a brief method based scenario planning exercise that was designed and run by the author.They were encouraged to do some “disciplined imagination” about the alternative futures of the global citizenship in 2040. One week after the workshop was concluded their written inputs were analyzed and subsequently six scenarios were developed and named. For more detail about how the tacit knowledge of the participants was tapped and thus documented as explicit knowledge see the Method section below

Consequentialist Cosmopolitanism and Global Political Agency

by Raffaele Marchetti

2005. in J.Eade and D.O’Byrne (eds.), Global Ethics and Civil Society, Aldershot: Ashgate, 57-73

Interaction‐Dependent Justice and the Problem of International Exclusion

by Raffaele Marchetti

2005. Constellations. An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory, 12: 4: 487-501