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Book SynopsisThe success of individual nation states today is often measured in terms of their ability to benefit from and contribute to a host of global economic, political, socio-cultural, technological, and educational networks. This increased multifaceted international inter-dependence represents an intuitively contradictory and an immensely complex situation. This scenario requires that national governments, whose primary responsibility is towards their citizenry, must relinquish a degree of control over state borders to constantly developing trans and multinational regimes and institutions. Once state borders become permeable all sorts of issues related to rights earned or accrued due to membership of a national community come into question. Given that neither individuals nor states can eschew the influence of the growing interdependence, this new milieu is often described in terms of shrinking of the world into a global village. This reshaping of the world requires us to broaden our horizonsTrade ReviewHow does one live in an increasingly deterritorialized world that is still shaped by a state-centric conception of citizenship? Taking up this profound question from the perspective of the Global South, this volume is a timely meditation on the forms and functions of citizenship in a globalized world. Drawing from many different disciplinary perspectives and covering a wide range of empirical and geographical contexts, the essays in this collection provide some important insights into mutating conceptions of citizenship, new forms of subjectivity, and shifting articulations of justice in our contemporary world. -- Shampa Biswas, Paul Garrett Professor, Whitman CollegeMany commentators have grappled with the impact of the multiple processes of globalization on the content and practices of citizenship. Few however have done this as incisively and innovatively as the contributors to the volume edited by Bashir and Gray. By bringing together superbly researched accounts from a diversity of disciplinary, historical, and regional perspectives, the collection provides a wealth of solid knowledge and sharp insights on the globalization and citizenship nexus. It is expected that the conceptual sophistication, empirical scope, and theoretical depth of the volume will make it invaluable for the teaching, explanation, and understanding of the complex and uneasy relationship between citizenship and globalization. -- Emilian Kavalski, Australian Catholic UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Deconstructing Global Citizenship, Hassan Bashir & Phillip W. Gray Chapter 1: The Modern State: Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Globalization, Francis Robinson Chapter 2: (Re) Situating the West’s Cultural Others in International Relations Theory: Towards Developing Joint East-West Perspectives, Hassan Bashir & Hamza bin Jehangir Chapter 3: The Limited Virtue of Tolerance in a Globalized World, Phillip W. Gray Chapter 4: Civil Economy: Re-imagining an Ethical Economy and the Implications for Citizenship, Khalid Mir Chapter 5: Citizenship in the Age of Global Surveillance: Some Observations on the Change in State-Citizen Relationship, Bettina Koch Chapter 6: Deciding What to Do: A Universal Code of Ethics for Global Citizenship, Andrej Zwitter Chapter 7: Citizenship, History and Culture: Derrida's Monolingualism of the Other in a Post 9/11 World, Rashmika Pandya Chapter 8: Challenges of Religious Universality to Global Citizenship: Ethical Implications for Today, Robin Seelan Chapter 9: Practice-Dependence, Cosmopolitanism and Conflict Avoidance, Kevin Gray Chapter 10: Multiculturalism is Not Dead: Positive Experience of Multicultural Society Management in Russia, Yan I. Vaslavskiy Chapter 11: Faith, Class and Citizenship in Conflict: The Christian Predicament in the Syrian and Egyptian Uprisings, Salma Mousa Chapter 12: Human Security in a Globalized World: Reflections on Japan’s Official Development Assistance Programs, Alexandria Innes & Christopher Lamont Chapter 13: Global Imperatives versus Local Needs: Analysis of Agricultural Development and Food Security in Rural South Asia, Sanee Sajjad Chapter 14: Non-adherence to international IP protection standards in less developed countries: The case of Pakistan, Ahmed Bashir Chapter 15: Mobilizing Democracy in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case for Democracy in the Thought of Kwame Nkrumah, Sara Jordan Chapter 16: Education in a Globalized World: Education City and the Recalibration of Qatari Citizens, Tanya Kane Chapter 17: Qatar’s Globalized Citizenry and the Majlis Culture: Insights from Habermas's Theory of the Development of a Public Sphere, Nancy Small

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Book SynopsisCo-Existing in a Globalized World: Key Themes in Inter-Professional Ethics brings together, and engages with, the scholarly work accomplished individually under the banner of professional ethics in various fields. The overarching theme of the volume is that globalization inevitably pairs professionals from distinct fields as co-workers. This necessitates serious reflection on how diverse fields can co-exist and achieve superior results through combining best practices from each. The authors are leading scholars and practitioners who have diverse national and distinguished professional backgrounds. These authors particularly focus on ethical concerns emerging from the inherent symbiotic relationship between cultural boundaries, professions and globalization. Furthermore, they put focused emphasis on ethical compliance with regard to globalization of professional practices into various cultural settings. The fields represented in the volume include international law, comparative educatioTrade ReviewEthical issues increasingly have an international dimension. These interesting and provocative essays provide helpful discussions of several issues in applied and professional ethics, as they arise in the context of the international arena. I recommend them to those working in this important area. -- Charles E. Harris Jr., professor of philosophy, Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Hassan Bashir, Phillip W. Gray and Eyad Masad Chapter 1: Defeasible Logic in Contemporary Bioethics: On the Relevance of both Cauisistry and Islamic Itjihad Norman K. Swazo Chapter 2: Globalising Feminist Bioethics of Care Rosemarie Tong Chapter 3: Ethical Research in Law and Politics: Methodological Pitfalls Andrej Zwitter Chapter 4: Re-visioning International Law Making on Intellectual Property: A Joint East-West perspective Ahmed Bashir Chapter 5: The Status of Professional Engineering Ethics: Evolution and Challenges Sikander Ahmed Shah Chapter 6: Must the Camera Add 20 Pounds of Ethics? Reconsidering Ethics for Human Participants Research in the Visual Social Sciences Sara R. Jordan and Phillip W. Gray Chapter 7: The Tragic as a Response to the Challenges of the Transference of “Western” Notions in Engineering Ethics in Saudi Arabia: A Practical Demonstration Muhammad Haris Chapter 8: Ethical issues in the spread of English as a global language: Is the spread of English a cure or a curse? Zohreh Eslami

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