Do we still believe in foreign aid and development education? As governments
tend to cut down aid budgets and the public appears to take a more and more
sceptical stand, not just the old way of campaigning is under pressure, but also
the idea of the North helping the South as such. To materialize the hind-laying
value of global solidarity in the present world, a radical re-thinking of the
wornout concept of aid is required.
Set against this paradox, this book explores the new notion of global
citizenship and the challenges it represents. Self-contained chapters feature
coverage of a range of issues: politics, opinion polls, education, the results
agenda, private sustainability standards, framing messages for TV-broadcasting
and the role of social media. As it is a long road to global citizenship, this
book keeps you company for a part of the way.