A global citizenship for a multicultural environment

Abstract EN

Considering the increasing number of people who will be moving across borders seeking a better life chance, it is expected that most countries of the industrialized world in particular will have a multicultural and multiethnic composition .

The number of cultures that will have to coexist in the same social environment will increase enormously to the extent that it won’t be easy if not impossible, as a result of the many conflicting aspects within the intercultural relations , to give each culture the full chance to be apparent and with a certain impact on the general social life .

These countries will be facing unprecedented challenges and problems sometimes affecting their very existence.

In order to maintain their social cohesion and their political unity, they will have to work out practical solutions with unfortunately very few alternatives and through many compromises and certainly with more sacrifices .

And among questions that might be raised: 1- How should social life be reinforced in such a dynamic multicultural environment? 2- What type of citizenship would be needed ? 3- If a more global citizenship can give better chance to social stability and social harmony how are individuals and communities going to manifest their proper identity without being absorbed by this global society ?