Unit Vii: Global Citizenship
Unit Vii: Global Citizenship
Unit Vii: Global Citizenship
Coverage: Weeks 17
Duration: 3 hours
Learning Objectives: After studying the unit, the students should be able to:
● Define global citizenship
● Distinguish the salient features of global citizenship
● Relates global citizenship with global economy and governance
● Articulate a personal definition of global citizenship
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
be a new type of people that can travel within these various boundaries and somehow
still make sense of the world”. 229
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movement comes from individuals, groups and organizations which are oppressed (i.e.,
self-perception) by globalization from above (neoliberal economic systems or
aggressively expanding nations and corporations). They seek a more democratic
process of globalization. However, globalization from below also involves less visible,
more right-wing elements, such as the America First Party and the Taliban. 238
The World Social Forum (WSF) is centered on addressing the lack of democracy
in economic and political affairs. 239 However, the diversity of elements involved in WSF
hinders the development of concrete political proposals. A significant influence on WSF
has been that of cyberactivism, which is based on the “cultural logic of networking” and
“virtual movements”, such as Global Huaren. This cyberpublic was formed as a protest
against the violence, discrimination, and hatred experienced by Chinese residents in
Indonesia after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In 1998, worldwide rallies condemning
the violence were made possible through the Global Huaren.
Given that there is no world government, the idea of global citizenship demands
the creation of rights and obligations. However, fulfilling the promises of globalization
and the solution to the problems of the contemporary world does not lie on single entity
or individual, but on citizens, the community, and the different organization in societies.
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References:
Global Citizenship
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228.https://issues.tigweb.org/globalcitizenship
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Children and young people in their social contexts. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
230. Schattle, Han. (2007). The Practices of Global Citizenship. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield
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233.Nicholls, & Opal, C. (2005). Fair trade: Market-driven ethical consumption. London: Sage.
234.Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done
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235. Germain, R. D. (2004). Globalising accountability within the International Organization of Credit:
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237. Smith, J. (2008). Social movements for global democracy. Baltimore: John Hopkins University
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Transnational activists and protest network. Minneapolis: Universityof Minnesota Press.
239.Fisher, W. F. & Ponniah, T. (2003). Another world is possible: Popular alternatives to globalization at
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