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Title Global civics : responsibilities and rights in an interdependent world / Hakan Altinay, editor
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages)
Contents Foreword / Kemal Derviş -- Preface -- 1. Why a global civics? / Hakan Altinay -- Part I. Global Perspectives -- 2. Ten perspectives on global civics / Hakan Altinay, with Balveer Arora et al. -- 3. Beyond the UN Charter : a new concept of global security and global civics / Nabil Fahmy -- 4. Global civics through global solidarity / Trevor Manuel and Edgar Pieterse -- 5. Civic involvement at a Turkish university / Tara Hopkins and Tosun Terzioğlu -- Part II. Developing a Global Civics Cirriculum -- 6. Discussing global civics / Hakan Altinay -- 7. Global civics through literature / Murat Belge -- 8. A global civics syllabus for 2011-12 : introduction to concepts and theories / Graham Finlay and Vusi Gumede
Summary This thoughtful book debates civics in a universal context. It clearly illustrates that we cannot achieve the cooperation that is needed for a globalizing century without developing some form of "global civics."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject World citizenship.
Civics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy.
Civics.
World citizenship.
Sozialkundeunterricht.
Weltgesellschaft.
Globalization.
International relations theory.
International community.
Norms.
International co-operation.
Civil and political rights.
International peace and security.
Political philosophy.
Sozialkundeunterricht.
Weltgesellschaft.
Form Electronic book
Author Altınay, Hakan
Brookings Institution.
ISBN 9780815721420
0815721420
1282960814
9781282960817
Other Titles Responsibilities and rights in an interdependent world