Citizenship Discourse, Theory, and Transnational Prospects

by Kivisto, Peter; Faist, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781405105521
• ISBN10: 1405105526
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A significant addition to the growing body of literature on citizenship, this wide-ranging overview focuses on the importance, and changing nature, of citizenship. It introduces the varied discourses and theories that have arisen in recent years, and looks toward future scholarship in the field. Provides a comprehensive and detailed argument about the current state and future of citizenship Offers an analytical assessment of the various thematic discourses and provides guidance in pulling together those discrete themes into a larger, more comprehensive framework Identifies the four broadly conceived themes that shape the many discourses on contemporary citizenship - inclusion, erosion, withdrawal, and expansion Includes a thorough introduction to the subject

Author Biography

Peter Kivisto is Richard Swanson Professor of Social Thought and Professor and Chair of Sociology at Augustana College. He is the author of Immigrant Socialists in the United States (1984), For Democracy (1993), and Americans All (1995), and is the editor of The Ethnic Enigma (1989) and Multiculturalism in the United States (2000). Dr Kivisto is also the editor of The Sociological Quarterly.

Thomas Faist is Professor of Transnational Relations and Development Studies at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. He is the author of The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces (2000), Transnational Social Spaces (2004), and The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Europe (2007). He currently directs a project on transnational migration and development. He is the Deputy Editor of The Sociological Quarterly.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Expansion or Erosion?	p. 3
Four Themes	p. 6
The Future of Citizenship	p. 13
Inclusion	p. 15
The Dialectic of Inclusion and Exclusion	p. 17
Multiculturalism as a Mode of Inclusion	p. 34
The Lesson to Be Drawn from Existing Theory and Praxis	p. 47
Erosion	p. 49
Dimensions of Citizenship	p. 50
T. H. Marshall and the Expansion of Citizenship Rights	p. 51
Critiques of the Welfare State	p. 56
The Triumph of the Market over Citizenship?	p. 66
Withdrawal	p. 75
Individualism and Its Discontents: Tocqueville Revisited	p. 77
Enter Putnam	p. 84
The Third Way and Social Democracy	p. 96
Expansion	p. 102
Dual Citizenship	p. 103
Which Nations Permit and Which Prohibit Dual Citizenship?	p. 111
Nested Citizenship	p. 122
Toward Global Citizenship?	p. 128
Future Trends	p. 130
Internal Factors Shaping Citizenship Regimes	p. 131
Citizenship and Globalization	p. 133
References	p. 141
Index	p. 161
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