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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141098403321

Autore

Stoker Gerry

Titolo

Prospects for citizenship  / / Gerry Stoker et al

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, Enlgand : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-4725-4486-2

1-283-19505-4

9786613195050

1-84966-442-0

1-84966-075-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Disciplina

323.609051

Soggetti

Citizenship

Citizenship - History - 21st century

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Is citizenship in decline due to globalisation and an erosion of civic participation and democratic representation? Or is it merely transformed and extended to new levels and larger scales? Should we assess these challenges and changes primarily from a perspective of global justice, or consider also membership in a democratic polity as itself a basic good? Prospects for Citizenship addresses these broad questions in a unique collaborative effort. The result is an impressive book that looks at the future of citizenship from multiple research perspectives while remaining coherent in its overall