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The Elusive and Exclusive Global Citizen
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
New Delhi | 2015 | 19 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-81-89218-49-2
Author: 
Jill Koyama
Corporate author: 
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (India)
Region: 
Global

In this paper, the author interrogate the notion of global citizenship, both as an aspiration and an improbable practice, by situating it within contemporary understandings of citizenship and globalization.
It is a conceptualization that suffers from the dangers inherent in the term “citizenship” and misconceptions of the terms “global,” and it is rooted in the West’s long engagement in normative undertakings in non-Western countries.

 


The writer refute ideas of the autonomous and agentic global citizen. he encourage a rethinking of global citizenship and global citizenship education (GCE) and offer recommendations for redirecting attention to contemporary global stratifications and issues of human rights to address the issues of social justice and inequality that, due to the problematic definition of global citizenship, are currently inadequately covered in existing GCE curricula.

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Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Peace / Culture of peace
Level of education: 
Primary education
Secondary education
Higher education
Keywords: 
civic education
citizenship education
globalization