Globalization has given rise to new meanings of citizenship. Just as they are tied together by global production, trade and finance, citizens in every nation are linked by the institutions of global governance, bringing new dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. For some, globalization provides a sense of solidarity that inspires them to join transnational movements to claim rights from global authorities; for others, globalization has meant greater exposure to the power of global corporations, bureaucracies and scientific experts, thus adding new layers of exclusion to already fragile meanings of citizenship.Globalizing Citizens presents expert analysis from cities and villages in India, South Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, Kenya, the Gambia and Brazil to explore how forms of global authority shape and build new meanings and practices of citizenship, across local, national and global arenas.

Globalizing Citizens presents expert analysis from cities and villages in India, South Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, Kenya, the Gambia and Brazil to explore how forms of global authority shape and build new meanings and practices of citizenship, across local, national and global arenas.

Part I: Introduction1. Citizen engagements in a globalising world - John Gaventa and Rajesh TandonPart II: From Global to Local: the impact of global governance on everyday citizenship2. Mediated health citizenships: Living with HIV and engaging with the Global Fund in the Gambia - Rebecca Cassidy and Melissa Leach3. Mobilising and mediating global medicine and health citizenship: the politics of AIDS knowledge production in rural South Africa - Steven Robins4. Enhancing everyday citizenship practices: women's livelihoods and global markets - Julie Thekkudan5. The politics of global assessments: the case of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) - Ian ScoonesPart III: From Local to Global: the dynamics of transnational citizen action6. Campaigns for land and citizenship rights: the dynamics of transnational agrarian movements - Saturnino M. Borras and Jennifer C. Franco7. Spanning citizenship spaces through transnational coalitions: the case of the Global Campaign for Education - John Gaventa and Marjorie Mayo8. Citizenship and trade governance in the Americas - Rosalba Icaza, Peter Newell and Marcelo Saguier9. Mobilization and political momentum: Anti-asbestos struggles in South Africa and India' - Linda Waldman10. Hybrid Activism: paths of the globalization in the Brazilian environmental movement - Alonso11. Caught between national and global jurisdictions: Displaced people's struggle for rights - Lyla Mehta and Rebecca Napier-Moore