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ANDREAS FOLLESDAL Global Citizenship Approximately as appears in Global Citizen – Challenges and Responsibility in an Interconnected World, ed Aksel Braanen Sterri, Amsterdam: Sense Publisher 2014, 71-82. Introduction Globalization describes the processes of widening and deepening relations and institutions across space.1 Increasingly, our actions and practices systematically and mutually affect others across territorial borders (Held 1995: 21). Since these processes affect our opportunities and our possible impact, globalization also affects what we ought to do – as ‘global citizens’. This paper explores some of the implications for our conceptions of citizenship beyond the state. In particular, these processes affect assertions about what our institutions should enable us to do, as citizens of multiple political units. I present a number of arguments to support the view that individuals should be able to exercise some democratic voting rights and some human rights vis-à-vis governance structures above the nation state under our conditions of globalization. After a brief overview including a historical backdrop, section 2 sketches some components of global citizenship, and section 3 considers several objections to this notion. I start from the normative premise that human beings are rights-deserving subjects of equal moral worth. I then ask: what are the appropriate normative answers to globalization? Globalization challenges perceived obligations of states, citizenship and non-state/private actors such as NGOs and corporations, and gives rise to normative and institutional solutions of a varied kind. In particular, what are the implications for our conceptions of citizenship beyond the state? 1 Globalization and normative cosmopolitanism Global citizenship invokes the notion of citizenship. -
Cosmopolitanism and Global Citizenship
Review of International Studies (2003), 29, 3–17 Copyright © British International Studies Association DOI: 10.1017/S0260210503000019 Cosmopolitanism and global citizenship BHIKHU PAREKH* Abstract. The author argues that we have obligations to our fellow citizens as well as to those outside our community. Since these obligations can conflict and since neither automatically trumps the other, the author provides the general principles needed to resolve the conflict. While rejecting the notion of global citizenship, he argues for a globally oriented national citizenship and spells out its political and institutional implications. A few years ago when Richard Goldstone was appointed Chief Prosecutor for the Yugoslav and Rwanda war crimes tribunals, he ran into Edward Heath, ex-British Prime Minister. Goldstone told him about his new job whereupon Heath asked him why he had accepted ‘such a ridiculous job’. When the surprised Goldstone tried to explain the importance of bringing war criminals to justice, Heath rejoined that if people wanted to murder one another, it was none of his business as long as they did so in their own country. Goldstone found later that Heath was candidly stating what many leading Western politicians were saying in private.1 When a group of leading American activists lambasted the chief executive of a well-known multinational corporation for paying low wages to his employees in developing countries and bribing and coercing their governments, he rejoined that his sole duty was to his shareholders, that alleviating the poverty in developing countries was not his business but that of the leaders of the country involved, that no Western country had ever depended on external help, and that it was about time developing countries stopped blackmailing the West. -
Cosmopolitanism in the World: an Empirical Comparative Study
Cosmopolitanism in the World: an empirical comparative study Alexander Kustov GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences University of Mannheim, Germany Premises Global discourses New wave of cosmopolitan discussion Empirical Inquires of cosmopolitanism Nationalism • The world is divided into distinct peoples, holding that “the political and the cultural unit should be congruent” • Nation-state is a world model* for a proper political organization of “the container model of society”, comprising democracy, citizenship, social security and national self-determination *Meyer et al. (1997) Global discourses • Globalization, i.e. increased flows of capital, goods, information and people • Global Governance, i.e. the rise of supranational organizations and international institutions • Transnationalism, i.e. migration and diasporas • Human Rights protection and Human Security • Global Civil Society and Global Public Policy Cosmopolitanism • M. Nussbaum ‘cosmopolitan morality’ • D. Archibugi, D. Held ‘cosmopolitan democracy’ • K. Appiah ‘cosmopolitan patriotism’ • U. Beck ‘methodological cosmopolitanism’ → agenda for empirical research Cosmopolitan theory • relies on the idea that people have multiply identities (non-hierarchical and contextual) • assumes interconnectedness of the world as a whole (both explicit and latent) • expand locus of concern from nation to humanity compatible with nationalism (e.g. cosmopolitan patriotism) puts individuals over groups (human rights vs. rights of peoples) Empirical research on cosmopolitanism ISSP -
The Effects of Economic and Political Globalization on Level of Democracy
Student Publications Student Scholarship Fall 2020 The Effects of Economic and Political Globalization on Level of Democracy Julianna R. Pestretto Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship Part of the Comparative Politics Commons, Political Economy Commons, and the Political Theory Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Recommended Citation Pestretto, Julianna R., "The Effects of Economic and Political Globalization on Level of Democracy" (2020). Student Publications. 885. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/885 This open access student research paper is brought to you by The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The Cupola. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Effects of Economic and Political Globalization on Level of Democracy Abstract Since the birth of the nation state, we have been undergoing a process called globalization. Simply put, globalization is the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies and governments of different nations. It is a process driven by trade and investment and supported by economic partnerships and institutions. As time goes on, the effects of globalization have become more intense, and are felt disproportionately across nations and socio-economic levels, resulting in a backlash that has been largely characterized by the rise of right-wing populism. It is thus important to study the effects that globalization has on level of democracy within a country, as countries begin to grapple with this political movement that often clashes with democracy. This paper studies the effects of both economic and political globalization, and finds that, however marginal, both political and economic globalization have a positive effect on Electoral Democracy Index within a country. -
Global Governance and the Construction of World Citizenship: a Contemporary Perspective
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD CITIZENSHIP: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE By, Dr. R. Shashi Kumar Reader Department of Economics Bangalore University Bangalore—560 056 Karnataka State India CONTENTS PART I GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 1.1. INTRODUCTION 1.2. PAPER DESIGN 1.3. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: 1.3.1. Meaning PART II GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND WORLD CITIZENSHIP 2.1. THE NEW GLOBAL AGENDA 2.1.1. Governance and Knowledge Management 2.1.2. Regionalism 2.1.3. Informal Multi-lateralism 2.1.4. State and Governance: The Question of Sovereignty 2.2. THE UN AND FUTURE OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 2.3. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: A NEW PARADIGM OF RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY PART III A UNIFIED CIVIL SOCIETY 3.1. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY 3.2. PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 3.3. MEASURES TO IMPROVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 3.4. CONCLUSION REFERENCE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD CITIZENSHIP: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE Key Words: Globalization, Integration, International Organizations, Knowledge Management. “Civil society has a certain view of government. Government has a certain view of civil society. Unless you actually start working together, you don’t really realize your relative strengths.” -Kofi Annan PART I GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 1.1. INTRODUCTION The international community today faces enormous challenges in dealing with economic governance--challenges related to the growing interdependence of economies and civil society, the continued impoverishment of much of the world and the unused human potential that entails, and the increased realization of the threats to the environment and thus to planetary survival. While the world has become much more highly integrated economically, the mechanisms for managing the system in a stable, sustainable way have lagged behind. -
Challenges and Conceptions of Globalization
The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1352-7606.htm Challenges and Challenges and conceptions conceptions of of globalization globalization An investigation into models of global change and their relationship with business practice 23 Christopher Bond Business School, University of Roehampton, London, UK, and Darren J. O’Byrne Department of Social Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK Abstract Purpose – This paper, which is conceptual in both nature and approach, builds on a recent contribution to the theorization of “globalization” and seeks to utilise the framework developed therein to help promote a more complex conceptual understanding of the potential implications of how business operates and responds to these challenges in a global environment. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws primarily on a heuristic framework developed by O’Byrne and Hensby that reviews eight models of global change. In this paper, the authors review and give consideration to the relationship between these models and business practice and contend that this relationship is far more complex than the majority of the current literature in the business and management field represents. Within the paper, the authors explore and discuss the dynamics of the eight models of “globalization” and assess the potential implications for business practice of working within these often conflicting and contradictory paradigms of “globalization”. As part of this review, the authors consider the strategic implications of “globalization” for business practice and propose a conceptual model with eight strategic options which are aligned to the eight models of global change. -
Global Citizenship and Global School-Links Perceptions from Tobago and the United Kingdom
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Global Citizenship and Global School-Links Perceptions from Tobago and the United Kingdom Thesis Doctor in Education Yvette Allen August 2016 Declaration of originality and word count I, Yvette Allen confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis. The word count using Microsoft Office Word 2010, (excluding appendices and bibliography) is: 46,393 words. Signed: Yvette Allen 1 Abstract This research study focuses on Global Citizenship and its meaning, relevance and significance to pupils of Caribbean heritage. The concept of Global citizenship is explored through UK/Caribbean school-links and UK/Tobago school-links, which were initiated through the British Council’s Global School Partnerships (GSP) programme. Strategically, global school-links exposed pupils to a global dimension, promoted the concept of global citizenship and the development of knowledge and skills to thrive within our ‘global village’. As an unstoppable phenomenon, globalization has impacted on our lives, through increased interconnectedness and interdependency, improved intercultural awareness and greater migration and mobility. Although Globalization theory underpinned this study, Postcolonial theory provided a significant secondary lens to explore the relationship between the UK and the Caribbean, as it critiqued and dissected processes, including the legacy of colonialism and located the continuance of imperialism and imbalances of power. Qualitative methods are used to collect data from secondary-aged pupils, who attend schools in the UK and Tobago, as well as from two Senior Education Officers (Tobago). Findings indicate most respondents believe global school- links encourage the broadening of horizons and increased intercultural dialogue; however, the concept of global citizenship remains abstract and remote. -
The Impact of Globalization on Political System and Governance in Indonesia
The Impact of Globalization on Political System and Governance in Indonesia Citra Darminto and Ahmad Baidawi Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jambi, Indonesia Keywords: Globalization, Political Participation, Governance, E-Government. Abstract: The background of this research is related to two things, namely: how the impact of globalization on political system and how the impact of globalization on governance in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to analyze The impact of globalization on political system and governance in Indonesia. Talking about the impact of globalization has given a big debate for globalization scholars, some say that globalization has too much negative impact and some argue that globalization has brought many positive impacts. This study uses a qualitative approach by analyzing data and literature sources related to The impact of globalization on political system and governance in Indonesia. The study results show that Positive impact of globalization on the political system in Indonesia is the increase in political participation, while the positive impact of globalization on the government system in Indonesia is the existence of an electronic government system (E-Government). 1 INTRODUCTION the world become interdependent on all aspects of life both culturally, economically, and politically, so The global era has a wide impact on various aspects that the scope of interdependence is truly global. For of human life. Not only in economic, legal, political, example, in fields politics, globalization has given a social and cultural aspects but also in governance new color in politics in the world such as the aspects. In addition, the impact is also felt by all phenomenon of democratization in several countries. -
On Global Citizenship: James Tully in Dialogue. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
Tully, James. "On Global Citizenship." On Global Citizenship: James Tully in Dialogue. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. 3–100. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 30 Sep. 2021. <http:// dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781472544827.ch-001>. Downloaded from Bloomsbury Collections, www.bloomsburycollections.com, 30 September 2021, 10:32 UTC. Copyright © James Tully 2014. You may share this work for non-commercial purposes only, provided you give attribution to the copyright holder and the publisher, and provide a link to the Creative Commons licence. 1 On Global Citizenship J a m e s T u l l y 1. Introduction: Global citizenship as negotiated practices ‘Global citizenship’ has emerged as the locus of struggles on the ground and of refl ection and contestation in theory.1 Th is is scarcely surprising. Many of the central and most enduring struggles in the history of politics have taken place in and over the language of citizenship and the activities and institutions into which it is woven. One could say that the hopes and dreams and fears and xenophobia of centuries of individual and collective political actors are expressed in the overlapping and confl icting histories of the uses of the language of citizenship, the forms of life in which they have been employed and the locales in which they take place. Th is motley ensemble of contested languages, activities and institutions constitutes the inherited fi eld of citizenship today.2 1 For an introduction to this broad fi eld see H. Anheier, M. Glasius, M. Kaldor and F. Holland, eds, Global Civil Society 2004–2005 , London: Sage, 2004; L. -
A Study of Global Citizenship Education in a Canadian University Lynette Shultz, University of Alberta, Canada
What Do We Ask of Global Citizenship Education? A Study of Global Citizenship Education in a Canadian University Lynette Shultz, University of Alberta, Canada Abstract This article presents findings from a study of a Canadian university that has named ‘global citizenship’ as a key educational goal. Drawing on theories of globalization, deliberative democracy, and deliberative processes including discursive closure, this study examines the multiple demands made of ‘global citizenship’ in higher education and the subsequent educational projects that are designed to meet this educational goal. The research questioned whether discursive closure was being engaged to limit ‘global citizenship’ to a modernity project where, as the literature suggested, (neo) liberalism and universalism ultimately served to make the world the un-gated playground of the elite where they might work, play, and consume without national or local political and cultural restrictions. In contrast, we wondered whether these policy openings might also be reflections of shifts in practices toward justice, equity, and inclusion with considerations of the historical and cultural histories and legacies of international relations of colonialism and imperialism. Using deliberative dialogue as a data collection method, the researchers were able to surface educators’ multiple understandings of global citizenship as well as possible discursive closure and/or emerging social justice in the courses, projects, and policies of this institution. Keywords: globalisation, global citizenship, deliberative democracy, higher education, cosmopolitanism, education policy, social justice Introduction Universities have always played an important role in creating public space, those places where citizens meet and discuss issues of community importance and where opinions are formed that will impact immediate and long-term decisions (Habermas, 1992). -
Citi, Global Citizenship Report. 2017
Global Citizenship Report 2017 A firm of our size and scale achieves great and big things when we put our mind to it — but my colleagues also positively impact the lives of many in small but meaningful ways each day. The ways we help make our communities stronger, provide opportunities to those who need support, protect our environment and celebrate diversity are the truest reflection of our values and the progress we enable around the world. Michael L. Corbat, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup Inc. About This Report This report illustrates how we bring our mission to life through In this report, for the first time, we have included an index our business; it covers our corporate citizenship activities and showing where report content is specifically aligned to the performance for calendar year 2017. We have focused our recommendations of the G20 Financial Stability Board’s reporting on issues we determined to be of greatest impor- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). tance through a materiality assessment completed in 2017. Finally, this report supplements information published in our This report has been prepared in accordance with the 2017 Annual Report. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards: Core option. In addition, we used the United Nations (UN) Global Compact All reporting and performance data are limited to information for and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights the owned and operated facilities of Citigroup Inc. and its subsid- frameworks to guide our reporting. (See related indexes). iaries, unless stated otherwise. Additional information about Citi can be found on our website. -
Globalization and Its Political Consequences: the Effects On
Globalization and its Political Consequences: The Effects on Party Politics in the West Helen V. Milner, Princeton University∗ Current Draft: September 20, 2018 Abstract Globalization has grown much since 1980s. What political trends have been associated with this growth? This paper examines two aspects of the political consequences of globalization. Economic globalization, according to some economic theories, has adverse consequences for la- bor, especially less skilled labor, in the rich democracies. If these voters are the median, then we might expect parties to respond to this by turning against globalization and the openness to flows of goods, services, people and capital that it brings. Have parties turned against economic openness? And have parties, especially extreme right-wing ones, that oppose openness advanced in terms of their electoral strength as a result? Furthermore, have these pressures from global- ization been mitigated by social welfare policies, as earlier research claimed? First, updating and extending the research of Burgoon(2009), I ask whether political parties in the advanced indus- trial countries have adopted more anti-internationalist platforms as globalization has advanced. Second, I examine whether parties have been affected deferentially by globalization; in particular, have extreme, right-wing populist parties gained vote share as globalization has proceeded, while mainstream left ones have lost. The evidence suggests that globalization, especially trade, is associated with a political turn to anti-internationalism and to extremist parties. Word Count: 13647 words (Excluding Abstract, Appendix, and References) ∗Prepared for the annual APSA conference, August 2018 Boston MA. Thanks to Dominic De Sapio, Sayumi Miyano, and Bryan Schonfeld for their excellent research assistance.