Global Citizenship Education and the Crises of Multiculturalism

One of the great merits of this work is that it contributes to the provision of a genuinely international dimension to studies in English emerging from Anglophone publishing houses. And there is a desperate need for this ... [Explores] new pathways for a conception of planetary citizenship governed by the quest for greater social justice and the enhancing of intra-human and human-earth relations. * Postcolonial Directions in Education *
Massimiliano Tarozzi and Carlos Alberto Torres offer a critical reading of citizenship and multiculturalism within a rapidly globalizing educational landscape. This is an important work, one that will contribute to the way scholars and students come to understand the various forces on this contested terrain. Their sharp focus on global inequities that are ironically transacted in schools, particularly in the global North, raises big questions about how we live in the spirit of global citizenship amidst the inherited and perpetuated injustices of our time. * William Gaudelli, Associate Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA *
In this provocative book, Massimiliano Tarozzi and Carlos Alberto Torres pose a stark question. With rising political and cultural violence, increased religious and ethnic cleansing and tribalism, and the pressures of governance by global capitalism, how can we contemplate, design, and implement a system of global citizenship based upon equity, universal participation and respect for all? At the center of their answer is Global Citizenship Education (GCE), a key strategy for change. * Henry Levin, William H Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA *