Nationalism and Global Citizenship in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Inequality and Fostering “Glo-Ubuntu” Citizenship
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Brief Methodological Note
3. Global Citizenship, Globalization, and the Continuing Appeal of Nationalism
3.1. Citizenship in Antiquity
3.2. Modern Citizenship
3.3. Post-National Conceptions of Citizenship and Glo-Ubuntu
3.4. Global South Perspectives
“[…] that refers to human interdependence and humanness and, as such, constitutes a philosophical approach to human interaction. […] Ubuntu views the world as a complex and interdependent ecosystem of humans, nature, and the planet, in which all elements are supposed to coexist in harmony”[73] (p. 155).
3.5. Nationalist Resurgence
3.6. Vaccine Nationalism and the Demise of Global Citizenship
4. Comparative Analysis
4.1. The United States
4.2. Germany
4.3. China
4.4. The Dilemma of Modern Nationalism
5. Pandemic Inequities: A Call for Global South Agency
6. Discussion and Conclusions: Nurturing “Glocal Citizenship”
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Country | US 2021 | US 2023 | Germany 2021 | Germany 2023 | China 2021 | China 2023 |
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Population | 337 m | 340 m | 83.4 m | 83.3 m | 1.425.9 bn | 1.425.76 bn |
GDP | 23.6 tn | 27.36 tn | 4.28 tn | 4.46 tn | 17.82 tn | 17.8 tn |
Vaccination Rate | 62% | 70% | 71% | 76% | 83.6% | 87% |
Doses pledged | 1.1 bn | 1.1 bn | 175 m | 175 m | 850 m (incl. sales) | 2 bn (incl. sales) |
Doses delivered | 272 m | 687 m | 24 m | 122 m | 89 m | 170 m/1.653 bn |
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Dotsey, S.; Oberle, H.; Lumley-Sapanski, A.; Peters, M.F. Nationalism and Global Citizenship in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Inequality and Fostering “Glo-Ubuntu” Citizenship. World 2025, 6, 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6030087
Dotsey S, Oberle H, Lumley-Sapanski A, Peters MF. Nationalism and Global Citizenship in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Inequality and Fostering “Glo-Ubuntu” Citizenship. World. 2025; 6(3):87. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6030087
Chicago/Turabian StyleDotsey, Senyo, Holly Oberle, Audrey Lumley-Sapanski, and Morten Fiete Peters. 2025. "Nationalism and Global Citizenship in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Inequality and Fostering “Glo-Ubuntu” Citizenship" World 6, no. 3: 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6030087
APA StyleDotsey, S., Oberle, H., Lumley-Sapanski, A., & Peters, M. F. (2025). Nationalism and Global Citizenship in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Inequality and Fostering “Glo-Ubuntu” Citizenship. World, 6(3), 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6030087