Navigating the boundaries of active global citizenship

This paper informs the active global citizenship debate by assessing whether returned international volunteers with a strong belief in the need for global governance also believe that participation in national political and civic spaces can drive global change. Regression models use survey responses...

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Published inTransactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965) Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 457 - 469
Main Authors Lough, Benjamin J, McBride, Amanda Moore
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2014
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Institute of British Geographers
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects
21st century
Bgi / Prodig
Citizenship
Civics
Cosmopolitanism
global citizenship
Global education
Globalization
Governance
Human geography
International
International community
International development
International education
International service
nationalism
Political geography
Political participation
Population geography and social geography
quantitative
Quantitative analysis
Social geography
Students
Transnationalism
Voluntary work
volunteering
Volunteerism
Participation
Citizenship
Social geography
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Summary:This paper informs the active global citizenship debate by assessing whether returned international volunteers with a strong belief in the need for global governance also believe that participation in national political and civic spaces can drive global change. Regression models use survey responses from 245 returned international volunteers at three points in time. Findings indicate no significant difference in volunteers' conceptions of global citizenship before and after international service. However, volunteers who hold cosmopolitan views about the need for global governance have a higher sense of efficacy that participation in national spaces may affect global change. In addition, they are more likely to engage internationally but not locally. Findings suggest that global citizens may maintain an active civic identity rooted in overlapping locations. In addition, heightened notions of global citizenship appear to have a significant effect on returned volunteers' interest in international affairs and active engagement across national borders.
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ISSN:0020-2754
1475-5661
DOI:10.1111/tran.12035