The Citizenship Debates

by Shafir, Gershon

• ISBN13: 9780816628810
• ISBN10: 0816628815
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

A multidisciplinary assessment of issues surrounding citizenship. Beyond its emotional resonance and cultural ramifications, citizenship provides the legal and social framework for individual autonomy and political democracy. Recently, the question of citizenship has gained renewed attention in response to major trends worldwide -- democratization in Eastern Europe, a rise in ethnic and national conflict, and an increase in global migration. In this multidisciplinary volume, leading scholars offer analyses of the debates surrounding these changes while interrogating traditional views of citizenship. The Citizenship Debates begins with an introduction followed by a number of essays, organized for optimal classroom use, addressing the recent revision of the idea of citizenship through a neoliberal viewpoint, succeeded by critiques from communitarian, social-democratic, nationalist, feminist, and multiculturalist perspectives.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Evolving Tradition of Citizenship	p. 1
The Ideal of Citizenship since Classical Times	p. 31
Citizenship in Ancient and Medieval Cities	p. 43
Justice as Fairness in the Liberal Polity	p. 53
Citizenship and Community: Civic Republicanism and the Modern World	p. 75
Citizenship and Social Class	p. 93
Contract versus Charity: Why Is There No Social Citizenship in the United States?	p. 113
Immigration, Citizenship, and the Nation-State in France and Germany	p. 131
Multicultural Citizenship	p. 167
Toward a Postnational Model of Membership	p. 189
Citizenship in a Woman-Friendly Polity	p. 221
The Dynamics of Citizenship in Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process	p. 251
Polity and Group Difference: A Critique of the Ideal of Universal Citizenship	p. 263
The Civil Society Argument	p. 291
Index	p. 309
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