Global Citizenship Education: A Critical Introduction to Key Concepts and Debates

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Edda Sant (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Dr Karen Pashby (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Global Citizenship Education

A Critical Introduction to Key Concepts and Debates

Edda Sant (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Dr Karen Pashby (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Lynette Shultz (University of Alberta, Canada)

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Bloomsbury Academic
22 January 2026

Moral & social purpose of education

Fully updated in its second edition, Global Citizenship Education introduces the concepts, frameworks, issues, and debates which are critical to interrogate Global Citizenship Education. The new edition includes 10 new chapters, a new third section to the book looking at key issues and debates, and updates to all existing chapters. The new chapters cover: global citizenship as an ethical position; global competences; ethical global issues pedagogies; and digital literacy education; global responses to climate change; migration and refugees; populism; democracy; transnational activism; and the curriculum.

Global citizenship education is contextualized within key educational frameworks, including citizenship education, global education, development education and peace education. The authors

explore the different ways in which global citizenship can be taught, learned and assessed in formal and informal contexts. Each chapter includes a summary of key issues, an annotated list of key resources, an exercise for students and a further reading list.

By: Edda Sant (Manchester Metropolitan University UK), Dr Karen Pashby (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Lynette Shultz (University of Alberta, Canada)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350441460
ISBN 10: 1350441465
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction Part I: Key Questions, Concepts, and Dimensions 1. Why Global Citizenship? 2. Why Global Citizenship Education? 3. Rights and Duties 4. Social Justice 5. Global Citizenship as an Ethical Position 6. Imagining Global Communities 7. Global Identities 8. Local and Global Citizenship 9. National and Global Citizenship 10. Global Citizenship as Planetary Citizenship Part II: Key Educational Frameworks 11. Citizenship Education 12. Development Education 13. Character Education 14. Global Education 15. Global Competences 16. Peace Education 17. Diversity Education 18. Education for Sustainable Development 19. Digital Literacy 20. Ethical Global Issues Pedagogies Part III: Key Issues and Debates 21. Global Response to Climate Change 22. Migration and Refugees 23. Populism 24. Democracy 25. Transnational Activism 26. The Curriculum References Index

Edda Sant is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Karen Pashby is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Adjunct Professor at University of Alberta, Canada, and Docent at University of Helsinki, Finland. Lynette Shultz is Associate Dean, International and Director of the Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is also Adjunct Professor at the Universidade Católica de Brasilia, Brazil.