Educating for human rights and global citizenship / edited by Ali A. Abdi and Lynette Shultz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abdi, Ali A., 1955-

Shultz, Lynette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International education.

Human rights--Study and teaching.

Human rights.

World citizenship--Study and teaching.

World citizenship.

Physical Description:

xii, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2008]

Summary:

Nearly sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in spite of progress on some fronts, we are in many cases as far away as ever from achieving an inclusive citizenship and human rights for all. While human rights violations continue to affect millions across the world, there are also ongoing contestations regarding citizenship. In response to these and related issues, the contributors to this book critique both historical and current practices and suggest several pragmatic options, highlighting the role of education in attaining these noble yet unachieved objectives. This book represents a welcome addition to the human rights and global citizenship literature and provides ideas for new platforms that are human rights friendly and expansively attuned toward global citizenship.

Contents:

1 Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship: An Introduction / Ali A. Abdi, Lynette Shultz 1

2 A Call and Response: Human Rights as a Tool of Dignity and Transformation / Hilaria Supa Huaman, Shulamith Koenig, Lynette Shultz 11

3 Human Rights: Four Generations of Practice and Development / Derek G. Evans 25

4 Are We All Global Citizens or Are Only Some of Us Global Citizens?: The Relevance of This Question to Education / Nigel Dower 39

5 Caught Between Imaginaries: Global Citizenship Education and the Persistence of the Nation / George Richardson 55

6 De-subjecting Subject Populations: Historico-actual Problems and Educational Possibilities / Ali A. Abdi 65

7 The Short History of Women, Human Rights, and Global Citizenship / Ratna Ghosh 81

8 Re/presentation of Race and Racism in the Multicultural Discourse of Canada / Carl E. James 97

9 Popular Education and Human Rights: Prospects for Antihegemonic Adivasi (Original Dweller) Movements and Counterhegemonic Struggle in India / Dip Kapoor 113

10 Human Rights Education and Contemporary Child Slavery: Creating Child-Friendly Villages When States, Communities, and Families Fail to Protect / Lynette Shultz 129

11 Toward Minority Group Rights and Inclusive Citizenship for Immigrants: The Role of a Voluntary Organization in Vancouver, Canada / Shibao Guo 143

12 Traditional Peoples and Citizenship in the New Imperial Order / Makere Stewart-Harawira 159

13 Human Rights Imperialism: Third Way Education as the New Cultural Imperialism / Jerrold L. Kachur 177

14 Citizenship and its Exclusions: The Impact of Legal Definitions on Metis People(s) of Canada / Cora Weber-Pillwax 193

15 An Introduction to Librarianship for Human Rights / Toni Samek 205

16 Reconstructing the Legend: Educating for Global Citizenship / Graham Pike 223

Appendix A Threads of My Life (Spanish Original) / Hilaria Supa Huaman 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791473733

0791473732

OCLC:

145732893