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Informationen zum Autor Luis Cabrera is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham, where he also serves as an associate member of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics. He has published widely on issues of global justice, and is a leading scholar in the recent resurgence of systematic thought on global political integration. Klappentext Explores the global duties attached to human rights, including the necessity to promote political integration between states. Zusammenfassung A true global citizen should contribute directly to human rights protections and advocate rights-enhancing political integration between states. Luis Cabrera blends a careful moral argument with gripping stories of the struggles of unauthorized immigrants! activists seeking to protect their rights! and the 'Minutemen' activists who strive to keep them out. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Concerns: 1. Global citizenship as individual cosmopolitanism; 2. Rights, duties, and global institutions; 3. Defining and distributing duties; Part II. Global Citizenship in Practice: 4. Minutemen and desert samaritans: citizenship practice in conflict; 5. Mobile global citizens; 6. Global citizen duties within less-affluent states; Part III. Advocacy and Institutions: 7. Regional citizenship and global citizenship; 8. Advocacy duties and global democracy; 9. Education and motivation for global citizenship; Conclusion: the practice of global citizenship.
