World Citizenship

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. World Citizenship: Allegiance to Humanity

   1. World Citizenship: Allegiance to Humanity Executive Overview

      • Joseph Rotblat

      Pages 1-18

3. Rationale for World Citizenship

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Effect of Modem Science and Technology on Relations Between Nations

      • M. G. K Menon

      Pages 21-37

   3. Worldwide Interdependence in Ecological Matters

      • Anne H. Ehrlich

      Pages 38-53

   4. The Threat and Promise of Globalization: Can it be Made to Work for a Brighter Future?

      • Morris Miller

      Pages 54-90

   5. The Dual Role of the Nation State in the Evolution of World Citizenship

      • Anatol Rapoport

      Pages 91-125

   6. ‘Quasi-Nations’: The Scientific Community as a Component of a New World Order

      • Francesco Calogero

      Pages 126-133

   7. Expanding Human Loyalties

      • Douglas Roche

      Pages 134-142

4. Education for World Citizenship

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Introduction of Courses on World Citizenship into the Curricula of Schools and Universities

      • Ana Maria Cetto

      Pages 145-154

   3. Promotion of Exchanges Between Young People

      • Jeffrey Porten

      Pages 155-166

   4. Making Information Widely Available: The Media and World Affairs

      • Nigel Calder

      Pages 167-180

   5. Exposing and Eradicating Misleading Information

      • Shalheveth Freier, Carin Atterling Wedar

      Pages 181-192

   6. A Global Community Through Electronic Communications

      • Mark Esdale

      Pages 193-208

   7. Communication and Community: Promoting World Citizenship Through Electronic Communications

      • David V. J. Bell, Robert Logan

      Pages 209-229

5. Back Matter

   Pages 231-234

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This book discusses the various ways in which the security and prosperity of all countries in the world are linked - by military threats, environmental pollution, and social unrest created by poverty. It is argued that a process of education is needed to make people think in global terms, so that they develop an allegiance to humanity.

• communication
• curriculum
• education
• environment
• executive
• globalization
• information
• interdependence
• media
• poverty
• state
• technology
• university
• work
• world order

• University of London, United Kingdom

  Joseph Rotblat

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