Beyond the nation-state : the reconstruction of nationhood and citizenship / by David H. Kamens ; with an introduction by John W. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kamens, David H.

Meyer, John W.

Series:

Research in the sociology of education ; v. 18.

Research in the sociology of education, 1479-3539 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and globalization.

Nation-state.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Physical Description:

xv, 345 pages : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.

Summary:

The book examines the effects of education in creating global citizens who share a world culture. This occurs within an international system that still remains decentralized, composed of independent nation-states as major actors. Prof. Kamens argues that as globalization intensifies, this system of nation-states becomes more saturated and dense with structure. Intensified globalization has produced a world society, thanks to the spread of global capitalism, education, democracy and bureaucracy. The upshot is that world culture travels quickly and produces recipes for the development of an imagined community that has increasing commonalities across societies. The book examines the role of education in diffusing such attitudes and models, as global citizens confront national institutions.

Contents:

The world polity and political culture

'Knowledge societies', agency, and new actors

Individualism and its institutional consequences

States without nations : reconstructing society

Modernity and changing patterns of intolerance

New models of nationhood and citizenship

'Global citizens' and national institutions / David H. Kamens

New polities, new standards for political elites / David H. Kamens

The construction of public opinion

The media : the decline of credibility and elite control

The future of nationhood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-345).

ISBN:

9781780527086

178052708X

OCLC:

778885573