Global citizenship and marginalisation: contributions towards a political economy of global citizenship

Abstract

Abstract The development of a global form of citizenship stands in a rather tense relation with the realities of vast numbers of marginalised citizens across the globe, to the extent that marginality appears to be the hidden other of global citizenship. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the development of a political economy of global citizenship by elaborating on some of these issues. The paper provides a critical discussion of the literature on global citizenship education using a theoretical approach that stems from political economy theories of globalisation. The notion of an emerging transnational class system will provide the starting point for understanding the processes and forces behind current forms of global structural marginalisation and their implications for the possibilities of a global citizenship. Keywords: global citizenshippolitical economymarginalisationyouthslums Notes 1. In the context of this paper, talking about this research project serves as an illustration of some of the theoretical points I am trying to make. I will not therefore present the research or the findings it has led to in too much empirical detail.