Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 145 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
World citizenship.
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World citizenship. |
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Civics.
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Civics. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Altınay, Hakan.
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Brookings Institution.
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Added Title |
Responsibilities and rights in an interdependent world |
Other Form: |
Print version: Global civics. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011 9780815721413 (DLC) 2010050543 (OCoLC)695389745 |
ISBN |
9780815721420 (electronic book) |
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0815721420 (electronic book) |
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1282960814 |
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9781282960817 |
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9780815721413 |
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0815721412 |
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