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Global citizenship as show business: the cultural politics of Make Poverty History

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What does global citizenship mean to citizens of a liberal democratic capitalist state? As part of an historically unprecedented, globally coordinated, NGO-led campaign against poverty in the underdeveloped south, "Make Poverty History" attempted to give this question an answer. Cultural politics was integral to the campaign. Make Poverty History was not only mediated (as all campaign must ber), it also aimed to form global citizens with oblogations to non-nationals outside the territorial boundaries of the state within national media. One of the most interesting aspects of this attempt was the engagement with popular culture and the importance of mobilizing emotions in relation to distant suffering. This article discusses the extraordinary originality of this campaign in terms of its aim and means, and draws conclusion from its success and failures to achieve cosmopolitan solidarity

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Media, Culture & Society

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London : Sage Publications., 2008

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English

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0163-4437

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Vol. 30, No. 2, Page 167-181

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Citizenship
Globalization
Social movement
Cultural Politics
Make Poverty History
Cosmopolitanizing State
Distant Suffering
Popular Culture

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