global civics

Examples of global civics in the following topics:

• Benefits of Globalization

  • Globalization is far from a new concept, with its roots tracing back thousands of years.
  • While the negative consequences of globalization are undeniable, it's important to acknowledge the positive consequences of globalization as well.
  • The central pillar in political globalization is the ever-increasing need to cooperate.
  • This allows for a rising sense of global civics, the notion that we have certain rights and responsibilities towards each other by the mere fact of being human on Earth.
  • Globalization allows for the exchange of goods and services across the globe.

• Thinking Politically

  • Politics is the art or science of influencing people on a civic or individual level when there are more than two people involved.
  • Politics is the art or science of influencing people on a civic or individual level when there are more than two people involved.
  • Left-wing politics and right-wing politics are often presented as opposed, and although a particular individual or party may take a left-wing stance on one matter and a right-wing stance on another, the terms left and right are used to refer to two globally opposed political families.
  • The terms left-wing and right-wing are widely used in the United States but, as on the global level, there is no firm consensus about their meaning.

• Voting in the Colonies

  • Public colonial elections were events in which all free white males were expected to participate in order to demonstrate proper civic pride.
  • Thus, elections became the main forum in which men could profess political allegiances, publicly demonstrating their community civic pride.
  • Attendance on election days also served as a means of civic education and communal reinforcement of the appropriate, expected behavior of young males.
  • In this respect, the North American colonists differed from their European counterparts, the majority of whom were barred from civic participation.
  • Describe the significance that voting had for civic identity and cohesion in the colonies

• Interest Groups

  • Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear issues.
  • Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.
  • Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear issues.
  • Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on world wide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear issues.

• Politics in Public

  • Characteristic of the Anglo-American colonies was an extensive communal culture, centered on the civic and political sphere.
  • Participation in civic life, through festivals, commemorations, the militia, and court trials were widely attended and most (White and free) colonial males were expected to partake in the public civic life in some manner or other.
  • Public colonial elections were events in which all free White males were expected to participate in order to demonstrate proper civic pride.
  • American colonial politics revolved around the notion of public civic life and responsibility, an ideology that included:
  • Describe the central commitments of dominant civic ideology in the colonies

• The Language of Liberty

  • The American "language of liberty" refers to individuals' right to life, liberty and property, and the duty to participate in civic affairs.
  • Therefore, Anglo-American colonies were extensive communal cultures, centered on the civic and political sphere.
  • Participation in civic life— through festivals, commemorations, the militia, and court trials—was prevalent, and most colonial males (white and free) were expected to partake in some facet of public civic life.
  • Instead, American colonial politics revolved around the notion of public civic life and responsibility, an ideology that included:
  • Civic duty: citizens have the responsibility to understand and support the government, participate in elections, pay taxes, and perform military service.

• Low Voter Turnout

  • The decline in voting has also accompanied a general decline in civic participation, such as church attendance, membership in professional, fraternal, and student societies, youth groups, and parent-teacher associations.
  • Globally, voter turnout has decreased by about five percentage points over the last four decades.
  • Confusingly, some of the factors that cause internal differences do not seem to apply on a global level.

• A Global War

• Globalization and Democracy

• Reactions against Globalization