Citizenship

by Keith Faulks

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

* 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?

Genres: Nonfiction

202 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 2000

Reviews

[Ivana · Rating 3 out of 5]

"...only by breaking the links with modernity ... the citizenship´s emancipatory potential can be fulfilled."

This book is an excellent introduction into study of citizenship as a complete phenomenon - not just a paper. It offers overview of historical development of changes of this concept. A really interesting part is confronting the idea of citizenship with the conditions of globalized age.
(author brings concept of "postmodern citizenship")

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are reading this/considering reading this, it's safe to assume you're most likely a student - which is good, because you'd have to be pretty tapped to read this as leisure. There is more simplified material out there, but for referencing, you can't beat this.