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GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Page Intentionally Left Blank GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP A Critical Introduction Edited by Nigel Dower & John Williams ~ ~~o~;~~n~~~up NEW YORK AND LONDON Published in 2002 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2002 Routledge Copyright in the individual contributions is retained by the authors, except for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 where copyright is retained by the Gordon Cook Foundation, 1999, Chapter 7 where copyright is held by Cambridge University Press, 1999, and Chapter 6 where copyright is held by Dissent, 1998. All rights reserved. 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Dower, Nigel and John Williams Global citizenship: a critical introduction ISBN: 978-0-415-93542-5 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-415-93543-2 (paperback) CONTENTS Foreword by Onora O'Neill XI Preface Xlll Notes on The Contributors XVI Glossary XIX Introduction 1 SECTION I THE IDEA OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP John Williams Section Introduction 11 1 Richard Falk An Emergent Matrix of Citizenship: Complex, Uneven, and Fluid 15 Introductory Reflections 15 1 Westphalian Citizenship: A Resilient Reality 21 2 The Case for Regional Citizenship 23 3 Visionary Perspectives: The Role of the Citizen Pilgrim 26 Questions 29 Notes 29 2 Nigel Dower Global Citizenship: Yes or No? 30 1 Ethical or Institutional? 30 v CONTENTS 2 Vacuous Conception? 32 3 World Government? 34 4 Objective Ethical Basis? 35 5 All or Some? 37 6 Challenge to National Citizenship? 38 Conclusion 39 Questions 40 3 John Williams Good International Citizenship 41 Introduction - The Idea of 'Good International Citizenship' 41 Good International Citizenship and Foreign Policy 43 The Conservatism of Good International Citizenship 46 Intellectual Problems of Good International Citizenship 4 7 Conclusion 50 Questions 52 4 Kimberly Hutchings Feminism and Global Citizenship 53 Introduction 53 Feminist Politics in a Global Context 54 Women, War and Peace 55 An Ethic of Care 58 Critical Reflections 60 Conclusion 62 Questions 62 Notes 62 SECTION 2 INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND THE BASES OF SCEPTICISM John Williams Section Introduction 65 5 Andreas Follesdal Citizenship: European and Global 71 Introduction 71 1 Union Citizenship 72 2 Citizenship as a Source of Trust 73 3 The Basis of Citizenship 76 4 European and Global Citizenship 80 Conclusion 82 Questions 83 Notes 83 vi CONTENTS 6 David Miller The Left, the Nation-State and European Citizenship 84 Questions 91 7 David Held The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalisation 92 Changing Forms of Regional and Global Enmeshment 93 Democracy and Globalisation: In Sum 97 Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalisation 98 Questions 100 8 Roland Axtmann What's Wrong with Cosmopolitan Democracy? 101 Globalisation and Cosmopolitan Democracy 101 A Critical View on Cosmopolitan Democracy 104 The Continuing Relevance of the Nation-State 107 Why We Need a Strong and Democratic Civil Society 109 Questions 113 Notes 113 9 Mark Imber The UN and Global Citizenship 114 Origin and Development 114 International Peace and Security 116 Humanitarian Assistance: Disasters, Refugees and Rights 118 Science, Economic Cooperation and Development 119 Reform and Democratisation of the UN? 120 Conclusion 123 Questions 124 SECTION 3 ETHICAL BASES OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Nigel Dower Section Introduction 127 10 Hans Kung A Global Ethic for a New Global Order 133 1 Challenges and Responses 133 2 New World Order and World Ethic 135 3 World Politics Discovers the Global Ethic 136 4 Not Only Rights but also Responsibilities 138 5 Contribution of Religions 142 Questions 145 Notes 145 vii CONTENTS 11 Nigel Dower Global Ethics and Global Citizenship 146 Introduction 146 1 Examples of Global Citizenship Action 147 2 Implications for Global Ethics 149 3 The Common Core 149 4 Varieties of Global Ethics 152 5 What Global Norms? 156 Questions 157 12 Christien van den Anker Global Justice, Global Institutions and Global Citizenship 158 Introduction 158 Cosmopolitan Views of Global Justice 159 Institutional Implications of Theories of Global Justice 162 Global Citizenship: Legal Rights or Moral Duties? 165 Conclusion 167 Questions 168 13 Sabina Alkire Global Citizenship and Common Values 169 Introduction 169 1 What We Have in Common: Empirical Evidence 170 2 What We Have in Common: A Philosphical Proposition 172 3 Principles and Procedures 175 4 Values and Relative Weights 177 Questions 179 Notes 179 SECTION 4 SPECIFIC AREAS: ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION, TECHNOLOGY, IMMIGRATION AND PEACE Nigel Dower Section Introduction 183 Outline of Authors 183 Commentary 187 14 Robin Attfield Global Citizenship and the Global Environment 191 Introduction 191 viii CONTENTS 1 The Global Environment Not an Abstraction 192 2 Unrestricted versus Restricted Approaches to Ethics 193 3 The Relevance or Irrelevance of Species Boundaries 195 4 Global Citizenship and Global Civil Society 197 Questions 200 15 Chris Blackmore and John Smyth Living with the Big Picture: A Systems Approach to Citizenship of a Complex Planet 201 Interconnections 202 Taking a Systems Approach 204 What Do We Mean by 'System'? 204 What and Whose Systems are Relevant to Global Citizenship? 206 System Levels and Emergent Properties in Relation to Global Citizenship 210 Questions 212 16 David Newlands Economic Globalisation and Global Citizenship 213 Introduction 213 1 Economic Globalisation 213 2 The Experience of Globalisation in Less Developed Countries 215 3 The Consequences of Economic Globalisation for Global Citizenship 217 4 Issues and Options 219 Questions 221 17 Sytse Strijbos Citizenship in Our Globalising World of Technology 222 Introduction 222 The Systems Character of Technology 223 Technology, the Ethical Vacuum and the Challenge to Citizenship 224 Responsible Citizens in a Globalising World 227 Questions 230 18 Valeria Ottonelli Immigration: What Does Global Justice Require? 231 Legal Immigrants, Citizens, Refugees 231 State Partiality and the Global Perspective 232 Immigration and the Land 234 Immigration and Membership 236 ix
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