Global citizenship in comparative perspective: youth perceptions of global rights, responsibilities and efficacy across five continents

• Roman Gerodimos ^[1] ; Cecilia Balbin ^[2] ; Connie Chan ^[7] ; Ursula Freundt-Thurne ^[3] ; Fernando José Gutiérrez Atala ^[4] ; Rosemary Nyaole-Kowuor ^[5] ; Jad Melki ^[6]
  1. [1] Bournemouth University

     Bournemouth University

     Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

     Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

     Argentina

     
  3. [3] Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

     Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

     Perú

     
  4. [4] Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

     Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

     Comuna de Concepción, Chile

     
  5. [5] Daystar University

     Daystar University

     Kenia

     
  6. [6] Lebanese American University

     Lebanese American University

     Líbano

     
  7. [7] Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, School of Communication

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• Localización: Observatorio (OBS*), ISSN-e 1646-5954, Vol. 16, No Extra 0, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Media literacy and civic cultures), págs. 20-41
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The quest for a global polity has faced many criticisms and barriers, yet it continues to have strong moral, historical, political, and practical foundations. In this exploratory study, we present a rationale and conceptualization of global citizenship as a response to contemporary global challenges. The study is premised on a need for a robust comparative understanding of youth values, civic attitudes,and perceptions of globalization to identify similarities and differences across cultures. The article makes a case forglobal empirical research exploring youth perceptions of globalization and modes of citizenship and participation. We first present a conceptualization of global citizenship, drawing on an interdisciplinary body of literature on globalization, cosmopolitanism, political theory, media literacy and civic engagement. We then survey students (n=1,214 students) from 10 countries (Argentina, Chile, Hong Kong/China, Colombia, Greece, Kenya, Lebanon, Peru, the UK, and the US) about the extent to which they are personally affected by globalization and other specific global issues. The findings reveal several patterns, including a divide between participants in Western liberal democracies, who feel more removed from globalization and express less global efficacy and civic responsibility, and those in the Global South, who demonstrate greater levels of engagement, responsibility and efficacy. In addition, only a small group was identified as super-globalized, a term we gave for those who scored high across all indicators of global citizenship.