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World citizen is a term with a variety of meanings, often referring to a person who disapproves of traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship and approves world government and democracy. In a non-political definition, it has been suggested that a World citizen may provide value to society by using knowledge acquired across cultural contexts[1]. In its most obvious scenario, the savvy businessman that has traveled the world would be able to use knowledge about resources and products found abroad to create business where value can be maximized. In another scenario, the savvy world citizen would leverage cultural knowledge from his numerous trips to create bridges of knowledge, also creating value.
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Uses
- The United Nations Correspondents Association issues an award called Citizen of the World.
- It may be used by activists such as the World Service Authority that promote an integrated, supranational world government.
- It may sometimes refer to persons promoting internationalism, predicated on the closer cooperation of sovereign states.
- The Bahá'í Faith promotes a concept of international unity akin to world citizenship.
- Oxfam UK has an educational program on global citizenship.
See also
- Anationalism, an Esperanto-based movement for the suppression of nationalism.
- Anti-nationalism, the humanist or humanitarian form of which generally corresponds to the world citizen concept.
- Cosmopolitanism
- Cosmopolitan democracy
- Global citizenship
- Global Citizens Movement
- Global justice
- Global democracy
- Mundialization
- Perpetual traveler
- Transnationalism
- World city
- World government
- Anti-patriotism
References
- ^ the utmost global citizen. Global Culture (2007).
- For the Love of the World. Time (magazine) (June 13, 1949). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- Thoughts & Afterthoughts. Time (magazine) (October 9, 1950). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- Briggs, Caroline (July 23, 2005). Sad farewell to 'world citizen'. BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- Thompson, Allan (December 14, 2006). A double standard for politicians' dual citizenship. Toronto Star. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- Singh Jaiswal, Anjali (August 19, 2005). Straight answers. The Times of India. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- E. Dougherty, Jon (February 2, 1999). Groups promote global governance. WorldNetDaily. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- Kaye, Margaret (June 7, 1995). People: Douglas Mattern: toward a world without borders. Palo Alto Online. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- A World Citizen Program site
- Primary School Global Citizenship site
- Cosmopolitanism at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Global Culture Essays on the influence of Global Citizens
- Living in the World Risk Society by Ulrich Beck at the London School of Economics
- Great Transition Initiative Paper Series Global Politics and Institutions, paper #3 , and Dawn of the Cosmopolitan: The Hope of a Global Citizens Movement, paper #15, explore the potential for the emergence of a cosmopolitan identity and corresponding institutions.
