From Active Citizenship to World Citizenship: A Proposal for a World University

One Net One World - Global Citizenship and the Internet

The development of a global ethical system is desirable to fulfil the societal promise of the technology of the Internet. The author attempts to construct such a „pragmatic“ ethical system (in an age of relativism and ethical scepticism) using concepts drawn from a number of moral philosophers. The global ethics construct uses the quality of human rationality as a basis, co-existing with the es...

Active Learning for Active Citizenship: An Overview

The project Active LearTling for Active Citktnship formed part of recent civil renewal policy and contributed to the development of ideas along with action on the ground. Whilst that practice will be explored in other chapters, this chapter will examine the underlying principles. It is written by the author of the original report submitted to the Home Office in 2004, who subsequently helped ini...

Reconciling Identity and Citizenship: A Case for Moral Cosmopolitanism in a Divided World

The Migration of Elites in a Borderless World: Citizenship as an Incentive for Professionals and Managers?

From Lisbon to the World...