Global civil society and the question of global citizenship
Armstrong, Chris (2006) Global civil society and the question of global citizenship. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organization, 17, (4), 348-356. (doi:10.1007/s11266-006-9020-6).
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For many recent commentators, the association of citizenship with the nation-state is under siege, as transnational and even global forms of citizenship begin to emerge. The nascent phenomenon of global citizenship in particular is characterized by three components: the global discourse on human rights; a global account of citizenly responsibilities; and finally “global civil society.” This last component is supposed to give a new global citizenship its “political” character, and for many represents the most likely vehicle for the emergence of a global, democratic citizen politics. This paper critically examines this view, asking whether a global form of citizenship is indeed emerging, and if so whether “global civil society” is well-equipped to stand in as its political dimension. The paper examines two opposed narratives on the potential of global civil society to form a political arm of global citizenship, before returning by way of conclusion to the vexed notion of global citizenship itself.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0957-8765 (print) |
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| Keywords: | global citizenship, global civil society, globalization, equality, democracy, neoliberalism |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) K Law > K Law (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Politics and International Relations |
| Item ID: | 42801 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:29 |
| Contributors: | Armstrong, Chris (Author) |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | C.Armstrong@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/42801 |
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