The Global Citizenship Nexus: Critical Studies , Chapman, Ruiz-Chapman, PB..

Taylor & Francis

The Global Citizenship NexusCritical Studies\nAuthor(s): Debra Chapman, Tania Ruiz-Chapman, Peter Eglin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032172675, 978-1032172675\nSynopsis\nIn the spirit of Ivan Illichs 1968 speech To hell with good intentions, the book takes aim at a ubiquitous form of contemporary ideology, namely the concept of global citizenship. \n\nIts characteristic discourse can be found inhabiting a nexus of four complexes of ruling institutions, namely universities with their international service learning, the United Nations and allied international institutions bent on global citizenship education, international non-governmental organizations and foundations promoting social entrepreneurship, and global corporations and their mouthpieces pitching corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. The question is: in the context of Northern or Western imperialism and US-led, neoliberal, glo.