The Practices of Global Citizenship

By (author) Hans Schattle

Publication date:

30 October 2007

Length of book:

238 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

236x160mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780742538986

What is global citizenship, exactly? Are we all global citizens? In The Practices of Global Citizenship, Hans Schattle provides a striking account of how global citizenship is taking on much greater significance in everyday life. This lively book includes many fascinating conversations with global citizens all around the world. Their personal stories and reflections illustrate how global citizenship relates to important concepts such as awareness, responsibility, participation, cross-cultural empathy, international mobility, and achievement. Now more than ever, global citizenship is being put into practice by schools, universities, corporations, community organizations, and government institutions. This book is a must-read for everyone who participates in global events—all of us.
A genuinely insightful and compelling study of the idea and practice of global citizenship. It should be required reading for skeptics and advocates alike. Through its rich and powerful analysis it has much to say about the significance of and limits to 'really existing' global citizenship.