Citizenship

This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, exploring its historical and conceptual origins, its contemporary dilemmas and its emancipatory potential for the future.

Zusatztext Dieses Andachtsbuch bietet Kurzauslegungen biblischer Texte für jeden Tagdes Jahres. Es folgt der 'Ökumenischen Bibellese'! dem überkonfessionellenVorschlag! biblische Bücher fortlaufend und im Zusammenhang zu lesen! undwendet sich an Menschen! die Zugang zur Bibel suchen. Informationen zum Autor Keith Faulks is subject leader in politics at the University of Central Lancashire. Klappentext This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The author, an experienced textbook writer and teacher, uses a postmodern theory of citizenship to ask topical questions as: Can citizenship exist without the nation-state? What should the balance be between our rights and responsibilities? Should we enjoy group as well as individual rights? Is citizenship relevant to our private as well as our public lives?* Have processes of globalisation rendered citizenship redundant? Zusammenfassung This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, exploring its historical and conceptual origins, its contemporary dilemmas and its emancipatory potential for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Idea of Citzenship 2. Citizenship and the Nation-State 3. Rights and Responsibilities 4. Pluralism and Difference 5. Enhancing Citizenship 6. Citizenship in a Global Age 7. Conclusion

Autorentext
Keith Faulks is subject leader in politics at the University of Central Lancashire.

Klappentext

This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The author, an experienced textbook writer and teacher, uses a postmodern theory of citizenship to ask topical questions as: Can citizenship exist without the nation-state? What should the balance be between our rights and responsibilities? Should we enjoy group as well as individual rights? Is citizenship relevant to our private as well as our public lives? * Have processes of globalisation rendered citizenship redundant?

Inhalt

1. The Idea of Citzenship 2. Citizenship and the Nation-State 3. Rights and Responsibilities 4. Pluralism and Difference 5. Enhancing Citizenship 6. Citizenship in a Global Age 7. Conclusion