A Global Civics: Necessary? Feasible?
In its contemporary use,
civics refers to the constellation of rights and responsibilities emanating from citizenship in a nation-state. But would
global civics be feasible, or desirable? There are several plausible objections to the concept as meaningful experiences of pan-global human solidarity is nascent at best, still restricted to a few activists and international elites. Notwithstanding this skepticism, Hakan Altinay shows in this article for
Global Policy that it is possible to imagine
global civics. He considers the views that have impeded consideration of the concept; outlines the rationale for a
global civics; and offers two thought experiments to operationalise the concept.
https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/international-law-and-human-rights/global-civics-necessary-feasible
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