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Identity, Belonging and Diversity in Education for Global Citizenship: Multiplying, Intersecting, Transforming, and Engaging Lived Realities

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Key tenets of Global citizenship education in international discourses (such as UNESCO) include everyone belongs to the human community and identities are multiple. Also, identity and belonging are diverse and extendable from the local through the national to the global. This chapter outlines key conceptual and theoretical work that deconstructs identity and citizenship, offering a critical interrogation of these assumed tenets. Key issues and debates include the extent to which colonial power relations are revised or reinforced. The chapter ends by drawing on examples from research and a recent youth initiative to argue for continued critical work in this field.

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

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Pashby, K. (2018). Identity, Belonging and Diversity in Education for Global Citizenship: Multiplying, Intersecting, Transforming, and Engaging Lived Realities. 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_18

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