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Hidden in plain sight: The foundations and limitations of global governance and global goals

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This article takes a critical look at the practices and foundations of global governance and global campaigns such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It does so by discussing the case of global citizenship education (GCEd). In addition to highlighting severe limitations related to the practice and monitoring of GCEd, it makes explicit the onto-epistemic assumptions that are embedded in these structures, but which are infrequently acknowledged—and are thus “hiding in plain sight.” It shows that common conceptions of GCEd hide the Christian-positivist-liberal-capitalist foundations from which GCEd and global governance have emerged and by which they are constrained. It argues that GCEd and global governance thus tend to serve as a force for exclusion rather than inclusion.

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  • Edwards, D. Brent, 2024. "Hidden in plain sight: The foundations and limitations of global governance and global goals," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:106:y:2024:i:c:s073805932400035x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103013
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    1. Chiba, Mina & Sustarsic, Manca & Perriton, Sara & Edwards, D. Brent, 2021. "Investigating effective teaching and learning for sustainable development and global citizenship: Implications from a systematic review of the literature," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
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