Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Globalization: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Global citizenship and cosmopolitanism -- Interdisciplinary approaches -- References -- PART I: Conceptual and historical contexts -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Historical origins of global citizenship -- Defining global citizenship -- Religious roots of universal ethical commitment and identification -- Universal moral rules and philosophical debate -- Renaissance humanism: natural law and cosmopolitanism -- The Enlightenment and cosmopolitanism -- Cosmopolitan movements: the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Global citizenship in a post-Westphalian age -- Globalization and global citizenship in the twenty-first century -- Rights and duties: citizenship's first dimension -- Citizens of the world, unite! Citizenship's second dimension -- Representational legitimacy in the post-Westphalian age: citizenship's third dimension -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Critical cosmopolitanism as a new paradigm for global learning -- Global learning: what is it for? Who does it serve? -- Cosmopolitanism modified: critical cosmopolitanism -- Critical cosmopolitan teaching and learning: key paradigms -- Critical cosmopolitan teaching and learning: key sensibilities -- Notes -- References -- 4. Technology's role in global citizenship education -- Connectivity in the global classroom -- New technologies create new global citizenship opportunities -- Cautionary tales about technology -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. The global, citizenship, and education as discursive fields: towards disrupting the reproduction of colonial systems of power.

Unpacking the global: globalization and cosmopolitanism as contested fields -- Citizenship as a contested field: including while excluding -- Education as a related and contested discursive field: the paradox of decolonizing -- The nexus of intersecting discursive fields: GCE -- Towards a more critical approach to GCE: post-colonial critiques -- Synthesis and discussion: towards thinking otherwise -- Note -- References -- 6. Cosmopolitan appropriation or learning? Relation and action in global citizenship education -- Travelling ideas and cosmopolitan appropriation -- The uses of ubuntu -- Being the change you wish to see -- Conclusion: being change -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Shifting boundaries, the modern state, and new cosmopolitanism -- Introduction to Part II: shifting boundaries, the modern state, and new cosmopolitanism -- References -- 7. International law, citizenship, and changing conceptions of justice -- Forerunners of cosmopolitan thought -- A return to cosmopolitan principles in international law? -- Globalization and global citizenship -- Notes -- References -- 8. Global citizenship as public pedagogy: emotional tourism, feelgood humanitarianism, and the personalization of development -- Introduction -- Contextual backdrop -- Eradicating global poverty by 2030? The Global Poverty Project as public pedagogy -- The Global Citizen Festival: five-minute activism and the "fight to end extreme poverty" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9. The geopolitics of global citizenship -- Land of my birth -- National geopolitics, history, and identity -- Envisioning global geopolitics -- Concluding questions -- Note -- References -- 10. How "global" can we be? Insights from the environmental field -- The psychology -- Solutions -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Dismounting the tiger: from empire to global citizenship through pragmatism.

A pragmatist perspective on global citizenship -- Obama as pragmatist in chief -- Conclusion: global citizenship is hard -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Identity, belonging, and global citizenship on location -- Introduction to Part III: identity, belonging, and global citizenship on location -- 12. Where are the global citizens? -- How prevalent is global citizenship? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- 13. Age and global citizenship attitudes -- Citizenship theory and globalization -- Age and global citizenship -- Related research on age and global attitudes -- Using quantitative methods -- The age effects for global citizenship attitudes -- Global citizenship in the new millennium -- Notes -- References -- 14. Global citizenship in the Middle East: presence and prospects -- Globalization, cosmopolitanism, and identity -- Cosmopolitanism and identity in the Middle East -- Analysis -- A multiplicity of identities -- Inclusive identities and forms of cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 15. China and the world: convergence on global governance, divergence on global citizenship? -- Issues of global governance: Internet friction and economic cooperation -- Global citizenship: diffusion of regime voice or people's voice? -- Convergence or divergence? -- Note -- References -- 16. An assessment of Southeast Asian regional identity -- ASEAN and its role in building regional identity -- The ASEAN community and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights -- Sovereignty and identity -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 17. The rhetoric of globalization and global citizenship: reconstructing active citizenships in post-cold war sub-Saharan Africa -- Perforce globalizations of Africa: select analysis -- Rhetorics of global citizenship: revoicing global citizenship studies -- Conclusion -- References.

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This book examines the meaning and realities of global citizenship as a manifestation of recent trends in globalization.

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