Research Catalog

Title

An introduction to global citizenship / Nigel Dower.

Author

Dower, Nigel, 1942-

Publication

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2003.

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Details

Description

xv, 184 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Nigel Dower's introduction to the idea of global citizenship covers a wide range of issues that will be of great interest to undergraduates studying politics, philosophy, international relations and the social sciences. The book takes into account the consequences of the September events of 2001.

Subject

• World citizenship
• Internationalism
• internationalism
• Demokratie
• Globalisierung
• Staatsangehörigkeit
• Weltgesellschaft
• Wereldburgerschap
• Globalization > Social aspects
• International relations
• Världsmedborgarskap
• Globalisering > sociala aspekter

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-180) and index.

Contents

Part I. The framework: 1. Introduction -- 2. Global perspectives and problems: the need for a global ethic -- 3. Citizenship in a globalised world -- Part II. Examples and areas of interest: 4. Human rights -- 5. Peace and security -- 6. Development and the environment -- 7. The United Nations and global governance -- Part III. Theoretical issues: 8. Critique of the world -- 9. Global citizenship in the world? Present realities and future prospects -- Appendix 1. Universal declaration of human rights -- Appendix 2. The Earth Charter.

ISBN

• 0748614699
• 9780748614691
• 0748614702
• 9780748614707

LCCN

2004396102

OCLC

• ocm51108565
• 51108565
• SCSB-8804964

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library