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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789795203321

Autore

Heater Derek

Titolo

World Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : Cosmopolitan Thinking and its Opponents

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2004

ISBN

0-8264-5892-0

1-283-20268-9

9786613202680

1-4411-1185-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Continuum Collection

Disciplina

323.6

Soggetti

Environmental citizenship

Internationalism

World citizenship

Law, Politics & Government

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Patterns; 3 Identity and Morality; 4 Law and Civil Rights; 5 Social, Economic and Environmental Citizenship; 6 Political Citizenship; 7 Competence and Education; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent years have seen the development of a substantial literature on cosmopolitan political thought and the idea of world citizenship. In this book Derek Heater offers a concise and accessible survey of this complex debate. He aims both to interpret these concepts and to assist in their comprehension. Central to the organization of the book is Heater's claim that the notion of world citizenship remains weak unless it is able to stand alongside and be comparable to citizenship in its traditional state-embedded sense. Thus, the core chapters are arranged according to a basic breakdown of the ke