Limits of Political Belonging - An Adaptionist Perspective on Citizenship and Society

Informationen zum Autor Mark Edwards is an independent social sciences scholar and lecturer in the UK. Klappentext Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evolutionist argument to challenge accepted ideas about citizenship and question how well it fits between political prescriptions for sociality and human nature. Zusammenfassung Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evolutionist argument to challenge accepted ideas about citizenship and question how well it fits between political prescriptions for sociality and human nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. A Contested Concept 3. An Adaptionist Heuristic 4. A Selection Rationale 5. An Interaction Rationale 6. A Sociological Rationale 7. A Psychological Rationale 8. The Limits of Political Belonging 9. Conclusion

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. A Contested Concept
3. An Adaptionist Heuristic
4. A Selection Rationale
5. An Interaction Rationale
6. A Sociological Rationale
7. A Psychological Rationale
8. The Limits of Political Belonging
9. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Mark Edwards
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137385857
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38585-7
• No. of pages: 195
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, Social Theory, Political Science, Political Sociology, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political History, Sociology, general, World Politics, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection