Citizenship

Paperback

Main Details

Title Citizenship
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Keith Faulks
SeriesKey Ideas
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780415196345
ClassificationsDewey:323.6
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 28 September 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. It is contended that citizenship has great emancipatory potential as an egalitarian status which recognises both the rights to which we are entitled and the responsibilities upon which stable governance rests. For this potential to be fulfilled, however, Faulks argues that citizenship must be freed from its close association in modernity with the state and the market, which in practice has undermined the significance of our rights and responsibilities. In advancing a postmodern theory of citizenship this work addresses such 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?

Author Biography

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