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A Review of Neo-liberal Global Citizenship Education in Western Societies
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Shanghai, China | 2016 | 9 p.
Author: 
Zhou Xiaoyong
Region: 
Global
©GLOBAL EDUCATION 2016

 

Global citizenship education has become an increasingly dominant discourse among western societies. However, practices of global citizenship education assume plural forms, among which neo-liberal global citizenship education is an important one. Neo-liberalism competitiveness emphasizes personal choice based on cometition and access to global competitiveness and global cultural capital guided by competence. If this marked-oriented competition continues to ignore question of power and access, global citizens of this kind will take it for granted that the privilege they enjoyed is a natural result and a symbol of personal success. For people in developing countries, this is an obviously unfair situation.

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Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Diversity / cultural literacy / inclusive
Level of education: 
Other
Keywords: 
global citizenship education