People Are Now More Likely to Identify as 'Global Citizens' Than National Citizens Frida Garza - Quartz
go to original April 29, 2016

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Despite the country-first rhetoric driving political campaigns in the US and around the world, nationalistic feelings seem to be on the decline globally. That’s according to a new poll done for the BBC World Service, which has found that people are more likely than ever to identify as “global citizens,” especially in countries with emerging economies.

GlobeScan, which conducted the poll for the BBC, surveyed more than 20,000 people from 18 countries between December 2015 and April 2016. This year, for the first time since it began surveying these countries in 2001, the public opinion research firm found more than half (51%) of the respondents said they see themselves more as global citizens than citizens of the country they live in. That’s compared with 43% of people who identify country-first, with the rest saying either that it “depends” or they “neither agree nor disagree.”

The interviews were conducted in person or over the phone, and when asked if they saw themselves more as global citizens than citizens of the country, the survey-takers were given these options: strongly agree, somewhat agree, strongly disagree, or somewhat disagree, as well as “depends,” or “I don’t know.”



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