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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457334303321

Autore

Heater Derek Benjamin

Titolo

Citizenship in Britain [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Derek Heater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7486-7196-X

9786610501557

1-280-50155-3

0-7486-2672-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

323.60941

Soggetti

Citizenship - Great Britain - History

Political science - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Early constitutional and humanist themes; Chapter 2 The efflorescence of political thinking; Chapter 3 Fighting corruption and France; Chapter 4 Two generations of progress; Chapter 5 Two issues of status; Chapter 6 Focus on social citizenship; Chapter 7 Citizenship as a key concept; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to the varieties of citizenship in Britain, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary times. This work introduces both the status and understanding of citizenship in practice and the theoretical and advisory writings on the subject, and explores their inter-relationships. It examines key themes like local and national strata.