Suggests ways teachers can involve themselves and their students in local action as a means of furthering effective and practical global education. Considers possible barriers related to the ideology of the state system, and current breakthroughs, e.g., the nuclear freeze movement, anti-apartheid activism, and the sanctuary movement for Salvadoran…

People may perceive little opportunity for personal participation in international affairs due to their early socialization. Based on the assumption that people will participate if they can see international links in their activities in the local community, experiments with participatory learning in foreign policymaking were undertaken in…

Eight papers focus on a variety of themes concerning the character of citizenship and the nature of education in modern society. For example, one paper explores the thesis that the traditional basic categories in which the requirements of citizenship have been conceived--ruling and authority, obedience and loyalty--have already broken down and…

States that the political socialization process leads citizens to perceive little opportunity for personal participation in international policymaking, despite the local impact of international affairs. Describes how local international links of community organizations can lead to citizen participation in foreign policy, citing an international…

The need for citizen involvement in foreign policymaking is discussed. Two factors in the inability to perceive, interpret, and participate in international dimensions of our lives and institutions include: (l) the socialization process through which we learn about the world, and (2) perception of little opportunity for personal participation in…