Global citizenship : a critical introduction / edited by Nigel Dower & John Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dower, Nigel, 1942-

Williams, John, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World citizenship.

International relations.

Internationalism.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 294 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

A central tenet of globalization is that we now have all become "citizens of the world." Whether or not we are global citizens is a topic of great dispute, however those who take part in the debate agree that a global citizen is a member of the wider community of humanity, the world or a similar whole which is wider than that of a nation-state. This collection seeks to introduce readers to some of the central issues of this debate. Through four main sections, the contributors discuss global challenges and attempt to define the ways in which globalization is changing the world in which we live. Offering a breadth of coverage to the core theme of the individual in a global world, "Global Citizenship" combines two factors-the idea of global responsibility and the development of institutional structures though which this responsibility can be exercised.

Contents:

Section 1 The Idea of Global Citizenship

1 An Emergent Matrix of Citizenship: Complex, Uneven, and Fluid / Richard Falk 15

1 Westphalian Citizenship: A Resilient Reality 21

2 The Case for Regional Citizenship 23

3 Visionary Perspectives: The Role of the Citizen Pilgrim 26

2 Global Citizenship: Yes or No? / Nigel Dower 30

1 Ethical or Institutional? 30

2 Vacuous Conception? 32

3 World Government? 34

4 Objective Ethical Basis? 35

5 All or Some? 37

6 Challenge to National Citizenship? 38

3 Good International Citizenship / John Williams 41

Introduction

The Idea of 'Good International Citizenship' 41

Good International Citizenship and Foreign Policy 43

The Conservatism of Good International Citizenship 46

Intellectual Problems of Good International Citizenship 47

4 Feminism and Global Citizenship / Kimberly Hutchings 53

Feminist Politics in a Global Context 54

Women, War and Peace 55

An Ethic of Care 58

Critical Reflections 60

Section 2 Institutional Issues and the Bases of Scepticism

5 Citizenship: European and Global / Andreas Follesdal 71

1 Union Citizenship 72

2 Citizenship as a Source of Trust 73

3 The Basis of Citizenship 76

4 European and Global Citizenship 80

6 The Left, the Nation-State and European Citizenship / David Miller 84

7 The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalisation / David Held 92

Changing Forms of Regional and Global Enmeshment 93

Democracy and Globalisation: In Sum 97

Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalisation 98

8 What's Wrong with Cosmopolitan Democracy? / Roland Axtmann 101

Globalisation and Cosmopolitan Democracy 101

A Critical View on Cosmopolitan Democracy 104

The Continuing Relevance of the Nation-State 107

Why We Need a Strong and Democratic Civil Society 109

9 The UN and Global Citizenship / Mark Imber 114

Origin and Development 114

International Peace and Security 116

Humanitarian Assistance: Disasters, Refugees and Rights 118

Science, Economic Cooperation and Development 119

Reform and Democratisation of the UN? 120

Section 3 Ethical Bases of Global Citizenship

10 A Global Ethic for a New Global Order / Hans Kung 133

1 Challenges and Responses 133

2 New World Order and World Ethic 135

3 World Politics Discovers the Global Ethic 136

4 Not Only Rights but also Responsibilities 138

5 Contribution of Religions 142

11 Global Ethics and Global Citizenship / Nigel Dower 146

1 Examples of Global Citizenship Action 147

2 Implications for Global Ethics 149

3 The Common Core 149

4 Varieties of Global Ethics 152

5 What Global Norms? 156

12 Global Justice, Global Institutions and Global Citizenship / Christien van den Anker 158

Cosmopolitan Views of Global Justice 159

Institutional Implications of Theories of Global Justice 162

Global Citizenship: Legal Rights or Moral Duties? 165

13 Global Citizenship and Common Values / Sabina Alkire 169

1 What We Have in Common: Empirical Evidence 170

2 What We Have in Common: A Philosophical Proposition 172

3 Principles and Procedures 175

4 Values and Relative Weights 177

Section 4 Specific Areas: Environment, Economic Globalisation, Technology, Immigration and Peace

14 Global Citizenship and the Global Environment / Robin Attfield 191

1 The Global Environment Not an Abstraction 192

2 Unrestricted versus Restricted Approaches to Ethics 193

3 The Relevance or Irrelevance of Species Boundaries 195

4 Global Citizenship and Global Civil Society 197

15 Living with the Big Picture: A Systems Approach to Citizenship of a Complex Planet / Chris Blackmore, John Smyth 201

Interconnections 202

Taking a Systems Approach 204

What Do We Mean by 'System'? 204

What and Whose Systems are Relevant to Global Citizenship? 206

System Levels and Emergent Properties in Relation to Global Citizenship 210

16 Economic Globalisation and Global Citizenship / David Newlands 213

1 Economic Globalisation 213

2 The Experience of Globalisation in Less Developed Countries 215

3 The Consequences of Economic Globalisation for Global Citizenship 217

4 Issues and Options 219

17 Citizenship in Our Globalising World of Technology / Sytse Strijbos 222

The Systems Character of Technology 223

Technology, the Ethical Vacuum and the Challenge to Citizenship 224

Responsible Citizens in a Globalising World 227

18 Immigration: What Does Global Justice Require? / Valeria Ottonelli 231

Legal Immigrants, Citizens, Refugees 231

State Partiality and the Global Perspective 232

Immigration and the Land 234

Immigration and Membership 236

Immigration and Exploitation 238

19 Global Citizenship and Peace / Nigel Dower 244

1 Why Peace is Important 244

2 Parallel with Ordinary Citizenship 246

3 Peace at the Global Level 247

4 Foreign Policy 248

5 Background Conditions for the More Effective Realisation of Primary Activities 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415935423

0415935431

OCLC:

50208571