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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. 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 purpose. Rainer Baubock, European University Institute, Florence This book offers a perspicuous overview of the prospects for citizenship in our contemporary political context. The authorial team draw on a wide range of empirical and normative research in order to offer an incisive analysis of the problems and pressures of citizenship in the twenty-first century. The authors focus in particular on the apparent decline of traditional forms of civic engagement, the emergence of new forms of participation and the relationship between citizenship and globalization.>
List of contents
Introduction: Contexts of Citizenship; Politics and Citizenship: The Changing Terrain
Gerry Stoker; Citizenship and Participation: Innovation and Renewal
Graham Smith; Citizenship and Diversity: New Challenges
Andy Mason; Transnational Citizenship: Migration and Membership
David Owen; The Changing Global Landscape of Citizenship
Tony McGrew; Global Citizenship: Cosmopolitan Futures?
Chris Armstrong; Conclusion: Prospects, Perils and Pitfalls; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Gerry Stoker is Professor of Governance at the University of Southampton, UK.
Summary
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
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 purpose.
Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence
This book offers a perspicuous overview of the prospects for citizenship in our contemporary political context. The authorial team draw on a wide range of empirical and normative research in order to offer an incisive analysis of the problems and pressures of citizenship in the twenty-first century. The authors focus in particular on the apparent decline of traditional forms of civic engagement, the emergence of new forms of participation and the relationship between citizenship and globalization.
