A Brief History Of Citizenship

by Heater, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780814736722
• ISBN10: 0814736726
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-07
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

View the Table of Contents.An admirably clear, concise and entertaining survey of the different forms citizenship has taken from ancient to modern times.--Keith Faulks, author of CitizenshipAn excellent historical account of citizenship... Heater's work has a depth and solidity that is missing elsewhere. This is another excellent book from the leading authority in the field.--Ian Davies, author of Talking PoliticsFrom Plato to Rorty, A Brief History of Citizenship provides a concise survey of the idea of citizenship. All major periods are covered, beginning with Greece and Rome, continuing on to the Middle Ages, the American and French Revolutions, and finally to the modern era. Heater effectively argues that we cannot begin to understand our current conditions until we have an understanding of the initial idea of the citizen and how that idea has evolved over the centuries. Important topics covered include how citizenship differs from other forms of sociopolitical identity, the differences between nationality and citizenship, and how multiculturalism has changed our ideas of citizenship in the twenty-first century. This concise and readable book is an ideal introduction to the history of citizenship.

Author Biography

Derek Heater is the author of World Citizenship: Cosmopolitan Thinking and Its Opponents, A History of Education for Citizenship, and What Is Citizenship?

Table of Contents

Preface	iv
Introduction	1	(5)
Socio-political identities	1	(2)
Models of the history of citizenship	3	(3)
1. Greece	6	(24)
Sparta	6	(8)
Plato and Aristotle	14	(7)
Athens	21	(9)
2. Rome	30	(12)
Republic and Empire	30	(7)
Stoics	37	(5)
3. Medieval and Early Modern Periods	42	(23)
Middle Ages	42	(8)
Italian city-states	50	(8)
The age of absolute monarchy	58	(7)
4. Age of Revolutions	65	(23)
Pre-revolutionary ideas	65	(7)
American Revolution	72	(7)
French Revolution	79	(9)
5. Modern and Contemporary Themes I	88	(25)
Nationality and multiculturalism	88	(7)
Federalism	95	(10)
World citizenship	105	(8)
6. Modern and Contemporary Themes II	113	(27)
Civil, political and social rights	113	(7)
Women	120	(9)
Civic socialization and education	129	(11)
Conclusion	140	(6)
Dilemmas in historical context	140	(6)
References and Select Bibliography	146	(6)
Index	152