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Justice and Global Citizenship Education

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In this chapter, we examine justice and global citizenship. More precisely, we discuss how globalization can shed some light to discussions on universal justice and how different approaches to justice can inform more democratic approaches to global citizenship education. We examine three different discourse on justice: economic, recognition and democratic justice. For each discourse, we outline the conceptual underpinnings and we discuss the key implications for global citizenship education. We conclude by examining points of encounter that might help us to identify more justice-oriented practices for global citizenship and education.

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  1. Manchester Metropolitan University, 53 Bonsall Street, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK

    Edda Sant

  2. Independent consultant, St. George, Grenada

    Sue Lewis

  3. Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

    Sandra Delgado & E Wayne Ross

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  1. Department of Education, University of York, York, United Kingdom

    Ian Davies

  2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Li-Ching Ho

  3. Department of Education and Social Justice, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Dina Kiwan

  4. Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Carla L. Peck

  5. Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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  6. Faculty of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Edda Sant

  7. Department of Education Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Sant, E., Lewis, S., Delgado, S., Ross, E.W. (2018). Justice and Global Citizenship Education. In: Davies, I., et al. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Citizenship and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59733-5_15

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