What is citizenship? (Bog)

Review

"[This] book fundamentally transforms our understanding of citizenship. It should become required reading in any course in political theory, philosophy, history, international relations and comparative politics that considers this key concept and its practical political and policy implications." Joel Krieger, Wellesley College, USA

"This is an excellent book. It would not be possible for any good university course dealing with citizenship to omit this book from those items on the reading list marked 'essential'...The sharpness of thought shown in this book will make it easier to avoid the pitfalls and encourage people to reach for something that is coherent and meaningful...Superlatives are overused, but this book is a classic." Jan Davies, University of York

From the Inside Flap

Political theorists have been writing about citizenship for over two thousand years, and it has been practised for even longer. No wonder, therefore, that the concept and status of citizenship have accumulated a complex variety of interpretations. However, no age before ours has had such a widespread and pressing need to understand these accounts. During the last decade of the twentieth century, although scholars have provided a rich flow of commentary on the subject, no single work offers an analysis that is thorough, succinct, and couched in an accessible style. What is Citizenship? fills this gap.

Structured analytically, the book introduces the reader to all the facets of citizenship. These are illustrated by reference both to a broad range of theoretical writing from Aristotle to the present day, and to the actual provisions of the status in a number of countries. The volume explores, in addition, a diverse range of pressing issues, including: the differences between the civic republican and liberal styles of citizenship; the origins and current relationship between citizenship and nationality and the issue of multiculturalism; the problems experienced by second-class citizens; the concept of multiple citizenship including the status of EU citizenship; the changing definition of world citizenship; and the role of education in creating citizens.

This book provides an invaluable introduction to this concept for students, teachers, and the general reader interested in the debates about citizenship today.

From the Back Cover

Political theorists have been writing about citizenship for over two thousand years, and it has been practised for even longer. No wonder, therefore, that the concept and status of citizenship have accumulated a complex variety of interpretations. However, no age before ours has had such a widespread and pressing need to understand these accounts. During the last decade of the twentieth century, although scholars have provided a rich flow of commentary on the subject, no single work offers an analysis that is thorough, succinct, and couched in an accessible style. What is Citizenship? fills this gap.

Structured analytically, the book introduces the reader to all the facets of citizenship. These are illustrated by reference both to a broad range of theoretical writing from Aristotle to the present day, and to the actual provisions of the status in a number of countries. The volume explores, in addition, a diverse range of pressing issues, including: the differences between the civic republican and liberal styles of citizenship; the origins and current relationship between citizenship and nationality and the issue of multiculturalism; the problems experienced by "second-class" citizens; the concept of "multiple citizenship" including the status of EU citizenship; the changing definition of "world citizenship"; and the role of education in creating citizens.

This book provides an invaluable introduction to this concept for students, teachers, and the general reader interested in the debates about citizenship today.

About the Author

Derek Heater is Founder Chairman of the Politics Association and the author of several books on political ideas.

Indhold

Introduction

4

The Civic Republican Tradition

Who Are Citizens?

Multiple Citizenship

Problems and Resolutions

References

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American argued argument Aristotle asserted basic Bill of Rights Britain British chapter Cicero citizenly citizenship education citizenship rights civic republican civic virtue civil and political civil rights civil society cohesion communitarianism concept of citizenship Constitution cosmopolitan countries cultural declared defined democracy democratic distinction dual citizenship duties economic rights effect eighteenth century environmental equality ethnic European Union example form of citizenship France freedom French German global Human Rights idea ideal identity individual interests interpretation involves judgement jus sanguinis jus soli liberal citizenship liberal democracy loyalty Maastricht Treaty Machiavelli Marshall Marshall’s means modern moral multiple citizenship nation-state nature neo-liberal one’s Parliament participation patriotism political citizenship political rights practice principle problems relationship republic republican tradition responsibility Revolution role Roman Rousseau schools sense social citizenship social rights status of citizenship style subsidiarity welfare women world citizens world citizenship

Language ‎English

Hardcover ‎208 pages

ISBN-10 ‎0745622291

ISBN-13 ‎978-0745622293

Titel: What is citizenship?

Forlag: Polity Press

Udgivelsesår: 1999

Sider: 208

Sprog: Engelsk