Citizenship in a Globalising World

This book dealing directly with the historical development of modern citizenship and its social and political consequences, offers a distinctive interpretation and critique of T.H. Marshall’s theory, and makes a modest contribution to the debate generated by Marshall. Structured analytically, the book introduces the reader to all the facets of citizenship. These are illustrated by reference both to a broad range of theoretical writings from Aristotle to the present day, and to the actual provisions of the status of citizenship in a number of countries. The volume explores, in addition, a diverse range of pressing issues, including the differences between the civic republican and liberal styles of citizenship; the origins and current relationship between citizenship and nationality and the issue of multiculturalism; the problems experienced by `second-class’ citizens; the concept of `multiple citizenship’ including the status of EU citizenship; the changing definition of `world citizenship’ in a globalising world and the role of education creating citizens. Contents: Preface; (1) Introduction; (2) Rise of Citizenship: The Idea of cosmopolis/ Legel definitions/ Equality or elitism? Multiple Citizenship/ Parallel citizenship/ Federal constitutions/ The European Union. (3) The Liberal Tradition: Citizenship and capitalism/ Dialectics of rights and duties/ The Citizen as Consumer/ The Assurance Game. (4) The Civic Republican Tradition: The General Will and Moral Freedom/ Making Citizens of Men/ Purpose of citizenship/ Style of citizenship/ Qualities of Citizenship/ Role of the Citizenship/ Forming the Citizen/ Revival and arguments. (5) Marshall’s Theory of Citizenship: Giddens versus Marshall/ The roots of modern citizenship/ Citizenship, Rights and Obligations. (6) Citizenship and Minority Rights: Discourse on Minority Rights/ Discourse over citizenship/ Respecting Diversity/ Issues and tensions in the Face of Minority Rights/ Arguments for Group Rights/ Citizenship, Equality and Difference/ Bhikhu Parekh and Multiculturalism. (7) Feminism and Citizenship: Globalisation and Feminism/ Transforming States/ Gendered Transformations/ Gender and the Global Division of Labour/ Boundary Defence/Boundary Transgressions/ Resisting Identities/Resisting Globalisation/ Conclusion: The Way Forward. (8) Expanding Citizenship: Citizenship and Political Community/ Rethinking Social Rights/ Intimate Citizenship/ World citizenship and morality/ World law and the citizen/ World governance and the citizen/ Cosmopolitan Democracy. (9) Citizenship and Globalisation: Globalisation and Citizenship/ Human Rights and Citizenship/ Citizenship beyond the State/ A Postmodern Citizenship. Conclusion: The Revolt Against Politics/ The State Versus the Market/ Civil Society Versus the State/ Citizenship and Nationalism/ Citizenship and Need. References. Index. B.N. Ray is Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, Pondicherry Central University, India.