The Practice of Global Citizenship

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.

• 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.

'An outstanding contribution to our understanding of cosmopolitanism, global justice, and human rights. Drawing on his rich and insightful field research among unauthorized immigrants and activists, Cabrera compellingly illuminates the myriad practices of global citizenship actively taking shape within the current international system.' Patrick Hayden, University of St Andrews