Political Value of Time - Citizenship, Duration, and Democratic Justice

Analyses of why precise dates and quantities of time become critical to transactions over citizenship rights in liberal democracies.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The sovereign temporal boundaries around nation-states, populations, and citizenries; 3. Democracy, duration, and lived consent; 4. Time's political value; 5. The political economy of time; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Elizabeth F. Cohen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. She is the author of Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics (Cambridge, 2009), and other scholarship has featured in Citizenship Studies, Perspectives on Politics and Ethics and International Affairs. She has also published op-eds in newspapers including the Washington Post and Politico.

Summary

A unique analysis of how and why time has acquired critical importance to the architecture of democracy. By examining political calendars, election scheduling, immigration probationary requirements, and prison sentences, the author explains why we use particular moments and durations of time to extend or retract rights.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth F. Cohen, Elizabeth F. (Syracuse University Cohen, Cohen Elizabeth F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108412254
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41225-4
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes