1. I/ST 100 Global Citizenship Week 2 UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

2. GLOBAL VS. STATE CITIZENSHIP State Citizenship in your book: “membership in a political community and the attendant rights and responsibilities that this membership entails.” Citizenship as social contract Citizenship as legal status (liberal model) Citizenship as subject – the one who ruled (republican model) States have a responsibility even if the degree (in job, development) varies.

3. GLOBAL VS. STATE CITIZENSHIP Global Citizenship Long history We are impacted by decisions created elsewhere – the community extends beyond the state Decisions are diverse in type and place: war, energy, international institutions, trade and credit systems… distribution of wealth. Recognizes emerging international laws and institutions; broadens and extends the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Active global citizens are those who seek to understand the links between human rights, human duties, and cosmopolitan beliefs. They stay abreast of complex connections between the global and the local. (Steger)

4. WE ARE GLOBALIZED

5. GLOBAL VS. STATE CITIZENSHIP Global Citizenship (continued) Environmental problems don’t stop at borders Disasters around the world don’t stop at borders (think Tsunami in Japan) The roots of Global Citizenship are in Cosmopolitanism: Dates to Plato ( Protagoras 337c7-d3): Gentlemen present… I regard you all as kinsmen, familiars, and fellow-citizens – by nature and not be convention; for like is by nature akin to like, while convention, which is a tyrant over human beings, forces many things contrary to nature. Martha Nussbaum’s more recent definition: the person whose primary allegiance is to the community of human beings in the entire world Martha Nussbaum: I believe… that this emphasis on patriotic pride is both morally dangerous and, ultimately, subversive of some of the worthy goals patriotism sets out to serve — for example, the goal of national unity in devotion to worthy moral ideals of justice and equality. These goals, I shall argue, would be better served by an ideal that is in any case more adequate to our situation in the contemporary world, namely the very old ideal of the cosmopolitan, the person whose primary allegiance is to the community of human beings in the entire world.

6. OXFAM’S GUIDE TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

7. INTERDEPENDENCE Lives are intertwined together; part of the same systems Where is coffee grown? Clothing – where is yours from? Technology – iPhone, Cars, etc.

8. INTERDEPENDENCE Rare Earth Materials from Inner Mongolia Chips made in Korea and Taiwan Touch Sensitive Screen made in France and Italy All iPhones assembled in China Design, Software, Core Parts, Marketing in the U.S.

9. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY Serious INEQUALITIES in wealth and power and influence exist. The power to shape the conditions of one’s own life is uneven. Poverty. 1 in 8 people on earth suffer from chronic undernourishment. More than 3.2 million people in greater Los Angeles live in poverty. Equity is a cause of concern – made worse by growing gap between rich and poor. Growing divisions: Racial division. Men vs women. Humans and nature. Division in the world highlighted more when we see each other in proximity through globalization. “Inherent Dignity” – everyone is equal in dignity and thus rights.

10. DIVERSITY The world is culturally diverse. 7.1 billion people. Millions of cultural variations. 6500 languages. LA is one of the most diverse cities on earth. Inherent dignity: comes from being ourselves. Our authentic selves. True to ourselves. Recognizing value of diversity is part of respecting dignity. Global citizenship demands of the value to learn about other people who don’t look like us or sound like us and try to understand differences and dignity.

11. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Long view of development Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Report) the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs. (Brundtland Report) How do we sustain life on our planet into the future? Global citizenship drives sustainability to the forefront. No more “More is better” approach.Distribution

12. PEACE AND CONFLICT we are in a world of many divisions and operating with a sense of separation from one another Do you have conflict in your life? (Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Brother/Sister, Parent, etc.) Many levels of conflict happening – many far short of war. Peace and Conflict are central to Globalization and Global Citizenship As we come closer and closer in proximity it is almost impossible for us to ignore conflicts around the world.