Building a global civic culture

Exploring ways in which a successful worldwide civic culture can be achieved, this book stresses the need to stay rooted in local communities and traditions while cooperating with and respecting those whose lives follow other patterns. The first part of the book deals with the current state of worldwide civic culture, setting a context within history and our current social systems for building a better future. […] This volume addresses the problems of understanding different cultures and explores problem solving and conflict resolution across cultural and national barriers. This book is recommended for courses in foundations of education, philosophy and sociology of education, and conflict and peace studies.