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Global Citizenship

Global citizenship refers to identifying as part of a global community and taking actions to build values like freedom, equality, solidarity and respect for nature. Global citizens promote these ideals through transnational organizations and movements that advocate for human rights and environmental protection across borders. Groups like Amnesty International and Greenpeace are examples of collective global citizens that strengthen global civil society and push for a world order based on human rights rather than state interests alone.

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Global Citizenship

Global citizenship refers to identifying as part of a global community and taking actions to build values like freedom, equality, solidarity and respect for nature. Global citizens promote these ideals through transnational organizations and movements that advocate for human rights and environmental protection across borders. Groups like Amnesty International and Greenpeace are examples of collective global citizens that strengthen global civil society and push for a world order based on human rights rather than state interests alone.

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* GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

*Global Citizenship is the idea of all


people have rights and civic
responsibilities that come with being a
member of the world, with whole world
philosophy and sensibilities, rather than as
a citizen of a particular nation or place
*Global Citizen is someone who identifies
with being part of an emerging world
community and whose actions contribute
to building this community’s values and
practices.
*United Nations Millennium Declaration :
Excerpt on Fundamental Values
1. Freedom
2. Equality
3. Solidarity
4. Tolerance
5.Respect for nature
6. Shared Responsibility
*Acting as
Global
Citizens
*The world citizen was typically an intellectual, who
travelled widely, met and corresponded with
intellectuals in many countries and advanced
cosmopolitan views.

*Since 1945, the global citizen is usually pictured as the


activist on transnational social movements.

*The idea that travelling is an expression of


cosmopolitanism is indeed debatable.

*Mass tourism, there are travels that are seen as means


of promoting international understanding like exchanges
between schoolchildren
*The image of wandering scholar is still part of a
cosmopolitan view of the world of learning.

*In the beginning of the 21stcentury, there was


the development of informal networks and formal
transnational organizations.

*The existence of transnational associations


does not necessarily mean that those
involved are acting as global citizens because in
many cases, they are basically promoting their
own particular concerns.
*Many people around the world are making links
across national frontiers to demonstrate support for
cosmopolitan ideals.

*Transnational organizations like Amnesty


International, Oxfam, and Greenpeace cite
discussions on global citizenship.

*Transnational movements usually involve political


lobbying and protest.
*Sometimes, they encompass more
extreme form of resistance.

*They also depend on volunteers who


offer direct assistance to those who
are suffering from abuse, poverty,
war, among others.
*Global Civil
Society
*The concept of civil society has become central to
social theory since the 1980’swhen dissident
intellectuals in Eastern Europe looked to social
networks initiated from below to provide a sphere of
independence from the state and a basis for
resistance.
*The existence of autonomous social groups and
institutions has been seen as essential to
democratization both in remaining communist
regimes such as China and in other authoritarian
states.
*Democratic theorists have argued that civil society is
essential to liberal democracies as a barrier to an
encroaching state
*Participation in voluntary bodies
provides a political education and
promotes responsible citizenship.
*Hegel and Marx conceptualized civil
society as the sphere defined by the
market economy, and its resulting
individualism and socially divisive effects.
*But most theorists of civil society see it
as distinct from both the state and the
economy.
*Civil society also suggests very informal
links –whether between neighbors or fellow
enthusiasts of a particular hobby.
*The implication of global civil society
must depend on how it is defined and
on the comparative economic and political
power of groups within it.
*Global civil society poses a direct
challenge to states when groups within
one country ignore or oppose official
policies to create links with citizens in
other countries.
*Campaigning for human
rights: Cosmopolitan
principles and
international law
*The basic tenet of cosmopolitanism is
the belief in universal equality and
human rights.
*Transnational organizations supporting
human rights are often cited in
discussion of both global society and
global citizenship.
*Richard Falk discussed how global civil
society promotes a world order based
not on state interests but on the
interests and rights of human beings.
*Amnesty International and regional
human rights bodies typify this move
towards ‘a law of humanity.’
*Amnesty International is probably the
best-known human rights campaigning
organization with a separate international
secretariat and sections in many parts of
the world.
*It is used to exemplify transnational
action to protect individual rights.
*Amnesty has also played a role in
strengthening global civil society.

*It can also be seen as a collective global


citizen.

*Human Rights Watch, which is based in


the USA, is one of those who play
important role in monitoring human rights
worldwide and protesting about abuses.

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