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Nigel Kennedy, Vivaldi´s Summer – III Presto

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What has Europe ever done for us?

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Between citizen paralysis and praxis: Toward a critical pedagogy for confronting global violence.

Adam Davidson-Harden Queen’s University This paper argues that to be effective methods of confronting global violence, contemporary critical pedagogies for citizenship must take into account the theoretical distance between citizen ‘paralysis and praxis’. This distance, the author posits, comprises the path between individual reactions of helplessness and powerlessness to disturbing global and local issues, and experiential or praxis-based educational opportunities that can help citizens...

Theorizing Global Citizenship: Discourses, Challenges, and Implications for Education

Nelly P. Stromquist University of Maryland. The increasing interconnection between countries is leading to the recognition of both shared problems and shared solutions for which citizens’ rights, obligations, and responsibilities transcend the traditional nation-state. This article seeks to provide an understanding of the concept of global citizenship and to locate the main contemporary proponents of this concept. It identifies four different themes underlying global citizenship, which are th...