Citizenship

This book outlines a critical theory of citizenship, with an emphasis on how citizenship institutes power relations and organizes the rights and obligations of those who become its subjects.

Autorentext

Engin Isin is Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP). He is a leading scholar of citizenship studies and is a Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies. He is author and editor of eleven books in the field, including 'Being Political' and 'Citizens Without Frontiers'.

Inhalt

Introduction: Citizenship as an apparatus of government 1. The fractures of citizenship 2. The sites of enacting citizenship 3. The senses of enacting citizenship 4. Citizenship, a revolutionary subjectivity? Conclusion: Planetary citizenship?