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World citizen is a term with a variety of meanings, often referring to a person who disapproves of traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship and approves world government and democracy. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links World_citizen_flag. ... Image File history File links World_citizen_flag. ... For other uses, see Flag (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links World_citizen_badge. ... Image File history File links World_citizen_badge. ... Geopolitics analyses politics, history and social science with reference to geography. ... “Citizen” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that World Federation be merged into this article or section. ...

In a non-political definition, it has been suggested that a World citizen may provide value to society by using knowledge acquired across cultural contexts^[1]. In its most obvious scenario, the savvy businessman that has traveled the world would be able to use knowledge about resources and products found abroad to create business where value can be maximized. In a less trivial scenario, the savvy world citizen would leverage cultural knowledge from her numerous trips to create bridges of knowledge, also creating value.

Uses

• The United Nations Correspondents Association issues an award called Citizen of the World.
• It may be used by activists such as the World Service Authority that promote an integrated, supranational world government.
• It may sometimes refer to persons promoting internationalism, predicated on the closer cooperation of sovereign states.
• The Bahá'í Faith promotes a concept of international unity akin to world citizenship.
• Oxfam UK has an educational program on global citizenship.

The United Nations Correspondents Association was founded in New York City in 1947. ... A World Citizen flag. ... The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1954, is a non-profit organization that educates about and promotes world citizenship, world law, and World Government. ... It has been suggested that World Federation be merged into this article or section. ... Internationalism is a political movement which advocates a greater economic and political cooperation between nations for the benefit of all. ... Look up sovereign in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term state may refer to: a sovereign political entity, see state unitary state nation state a non-sovereign political entity, see state (non-sovereign). ... This article is about the generally-recognized global religious community. ...

See also

• Anationalism, an Esperanto-based movement for the suppression of nationalism.
• Anti-nationalism, the humanist or humanitarian form of which generally corresponds to the world citizen concept.
• Cosmopolitanism
• Cosmopolitan democracy
• Global citizenship
• Global Citizens Movement
• Global justice
• Global democracy
• Mundialization
• Perpetual traveler
• Transnationalism
• World city
• World government
• Anti-patriotism

Anationalism is a term originating from the community of Esperanto speakers. ... Anti-nationalism is the idea that nationalism is dangerous in one form or another, and sometimes, though less often, the idea that all nationalism is dangerous and unfavourable in all cases. ... Look up Humanist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ... Cosmopolitanism is the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community. ... Democracy (literally rule by the people, from the Greek δημοκρατία-demokratia demos, people, and kratos, rule) is a form of government by the will of the people. ... Global Citizenship is both a moral and ethical disposition which might guide an individual or groups understanding of the local and global contexts — and their relative responsibilities within different communities. ... A global citizens movement refers to a number of organized and overlapping citizens groups who seek to influence public policy often with the hope of establishing global solidarity on an issue. ... Global justice is a concept in political philosophy denoting justice between societies or between individuals in different societies, as opposed to within a specific society. ... Democratic globalization is a movement towards an institutional system that expands globalization by giving world citizens a say in world organizations. ... Mundialization is all the ideas and actions expressing the solidarity of populations of the globe and aiming to establish institutions and supranational laws of a federative structure common to them, while respecting the diversity of cultures and peoples. ... The term perpetual traveler (PT, permanent tourist or prior taxpayer) refers to both a lifestyle and a philosophy. ... Transnationalism is a social movement grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people all around the world and the loosening of boundaries between countries. ... London New York City Paris Tokyo A global city (also known as a world city or world-class city) is a city with a somewhat subjective set of traits, some of which are listed below. ... It has been suggested that World Federation be merged into this article or section. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

References

• For the Love of the World. Time (magazine) (June 13, 1949). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• Thoughts & Afterthoughts. Time (magazine) (October 9, 1950). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• Briggs, Caroline (July 23, 2005). Sad farewell to 'world citizen'. BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• Thompson, Allan (December 14, 2006). A double standard for politicians' dual citizenship. Toronto Star. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• Singh Jaiswal, Anjali (August 19, 2005). Straight answers. The Times of India. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• E. Dougherty, Jon (February 2, 1999). Groups promote global governance. WorldNetDaily. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• Kaye, Margaret (June 7, 1995). People: Douglas Mattern: toward a world without borders. Palo Alto Online. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

• A World Citizen Program site
• Primary School Global Citizenship site

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• Cosmopolitanism at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Global Culture Essays on the influence of Global Citizens
• Living in the World Risk Society by Ulrich Beck at the London School of Economics
• Great Transition Initiative Paper Series Global Politics and Institutions, paper #3 , and Dawn of the Cosmopolitan: The Hope of a Global Citizens Movement, paper #15, explore the potential for the emergence of a cosmopolitan identity and corresponding institutions.