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Gloria Visintini, Sally-Ann Kitts, Hanrahan Highland, Mark Allinson, Jade Boyd, James Hawkey, Suzi Wells, Suzanne Collins, Rachel Flecker, Valeska Ting, matthew ellis, Madhu Krishnan, Jacqueline Maingaerd, Eirik Bjorge, Theresia Hofer, Diego Acosta, Tariq Modood, Jo House, Scott Mooney, Alice Toms, Catherine Linney, Doreen Pastor, Ann Singleton, Anis Suffian, Ellie W, Issy Comley, Catherine L, and Issy C

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Topics Covered

  • Citizenship: what does it entail and can it be global?
  • Equality and Difference: how should we approach global challenges?
  • Peace and Conflict: the challenges of global responses and responsibilities.
  • Forming Societies: questions of nations and nationalism.
  • Connected World: relationships and tensions between local, national and global interests.
  • Demographic Challenges: migration and the issues surrounding inequalities in wealth and resources.
  • Health and Well-Being: working to overcome global inequalities.
  • Technological Advances: to share or not to share?
  • Climate Change: the physical challenges of living on a changing planet.
  • Freedom of Speech: is it a basic human right?
  • The Religious and the Secular: past, present and future.
  • Democracy and citizenship: the issues and challenges of our global age.

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This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of global citizenship, covering its history, theories, and practical applications. It helps students understand the challenges and opportunities of global citizenship in the 21st century.
This thought-provoking book discusses the ethical challenges and responsibilities that come with global citizenship. Parekh argues that global citizenship requires a commitment to universal human rights, global justice, and cross-cultural understanding.
Critically examines the concept of global citizenship from a postcolonial perspective. Escobar argues that dominant discourses of global citizenship often marginalize the voices and experiences of people from the Global South.
Explores the relationship between cosmopolitanism and education. May argues that cosmopolitan education should focus on developing critical thinking skills, empathy, and a commitment to global justice.
Examines the relationship between global citizenship and human security. Faist argues that global citizenship can contribute to human security by promoting peace, justice, and sustainable development.
This report from UNESCO provides a comprehensive overview of global citizenship education. It offers guidelines and resources for educators and policymakers interested in promoting global citizenship in schools and other educational settings.
This classic work in political science examines the impact of globalization on citizenship. Held and McGrew argue that globalization is transforming traditional notions of citizenship and creating new challenges and opportunities for global citizens.
Explores the future of global citizenship in the face of challenges such as climate change, inequality, and political polarization. Falk and Strauss offer a vision of a future in which global citizenship source of hope and progress.
Explores the ethical and philosophical foundations of global citizenship. Falk argues that global citizenship necessary step towards creating a more just and sustainable world.
Provides a practical guide for educators on how to incorporate global citizenship education into their teaching. House offers lesson plans and activities that can be used to promote global awareness, critical thinking, and civic engagement.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the ethics of care, exploring its theoretical foundations, its application to personal relationships, political decision-making, and global justice.
Explores the relationship between ethics of care and empathy, arguing that empathy crucial component of moral decision-making.
Explores the relationship between feminist ethics and ethics of care, arguing that ethics of care valuable framework for understanding and addressing the ethical issues that women face.
Explores the ethical challenges of caregiving, including the challenges of providing care for people with dementia, the challenges of providing care for children, and the challenges of providing care for people who are dying.
Explores the ethical issues that people with disabilities face, including the challenges of discrimination, the challenges of access to healthcare, and the challenges of living in a society that is not always welcoming to people with disabilities.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the ethics of care, with contributions from leading scholars in the field.
Explores the ethics of care from a relational perspective, arguing that care fundamental human need and that ethical decision-making should be based on the relationships that we have with others.
Explores the ethics of care from a feminist perspective, arguing that care central value in women's lives and that ethical decision-making should be based on the needs of women and children.
Explores the ethics of care from a global perspective, arguing that care fundamental human need and that ethical decision-making should be based on the needs of all people, regardless of their nationality, race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Explores the relationship between care ethics and social justice, arguing that care fundamental human need and that ethical decision-making should be based on the needs of all people, regardless of their social status.

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