Summary:
Local and Global Citizenship is one of three texts that has been written specifically to support CCEA's GCSE specification - Learning for Life and Work. Each book in the series covers a specific area in depth, ensuring your students have everything they need to know. Including:
- Up-to-date case studies that encourage students to engage with relevant issues in Local and Global contexts.
- Stimulating activities that help to develop students’ understanding of the issues involved, their personal and interpersonal skills, as well as those qualities and attributes to equip them for work.
- Accessible narratives that invite students to actively explore the values and needs of their own and other communities, and to develop independent thinking and decision-making skills.

• The only text written for the specification
• Is written by a key adviser on Citizenship in Northern Ireland
• Is endorsed by CCEA
• Contains up-to-date case studies relevant to Citizenship issues in NI and the UK as well as the wider global context

Table of Contents:
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Cultural identity
Expressions of cultural identity
What influences cultural identity?
How do conflicts of identity arise?
Causes and effects of stereotyping
Causes and effects of sectarianism
Causes and effects of racism
The development of human rights
International human rights
International human rights laws
Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland
EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
What is equality and social justice?
How do inequalities arise?
Protecting equality
Social justice matters
Promoting social justice
How fair is our world?
Responding to global inequalities
Equality and social justice in the media
The impact of human rights standards
The 'rights' side of the law
Case study: Amnesty International
Promoting equality, social justice and human rights in our lifetime
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
What is democracy?
What makes a society democratic?
Democracy and dictatorships
Models of democracy
'The Troubles'
Government in Northern Ireland
The EU and Northern Ireland
The Council of Europe
The United Nations
How can you influence political decisions?
Glossary
Index

About the Author(s):
Eileen O'Hara is a key adviser on Citizenship in Northern Ireland.

Readership:
Students of the CCEA GCSE in Local and Global Citizenship, aged 14-16

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