Being Digital Citizens

by Engin F. Isin, Evelyn Ruppert

cyberspace, this book explores where and how political subjects perform new rights and duties that govern themselves and others online.

Genres: Technology

220 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2015

About the author

Engin F. Isin holds a Chair in Citizenship and Professor of Politics in Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Open University. He is also director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, Governance (CCIG) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. He served as Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Division of Social Science at York University, Toronto, Canada between 2001-2006. His research and writing have focused on the origins and transformations of citizenship as a political and legal institution that constitutes certain ways of being political enabling subjects to become claimants of justice. His books include Cities Without Citizens (1992) and Being Political (2002).