Description
Book SynopsisA 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.
- 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
Trade Review“Citizenship has emerged as one of the crucial issues in sociology, uniting such topics as globalization, immigration, multiculturalism and ethnic conflict, the future of the welfare state, and the meaning of contemporary national politics. Kivisto and Faist provide a lively introduction and show why the question of citizenship has come to supplant many of the traditional concerns of both the Left and Right.”
Stephen Turner, University of South Florida “An impressive achievement. A comprehensive but concise account of the field of citizenship studies, delivering a decisive challenge to re-thinking citizenship.”
Bryan S. Turner, National University of Singapore
“Citizenship should be a central concern for sociology. Kivisto and Faist offer a concise and clear review of conceptual frameworks, historical trends, the current situation and future directions, which will be helpful to students and teachers alike.”
Craig Calhoun, New York University
“This work would be a useful primer for a class in political sociology or for any class that deals with ‘citizenship.’” Choice
Table of Contents1 Introduction 1
Expansion or Erosion? 3
Four Themes 6
The Future of Citizenship 13
2 Inclusion 15
The Dialectic of Inclusion and Exclusion 17
Multiculturalism as a Mode of Inclusion 34
The Lesson to Be Drawn from Existing Theory and Praxis 47
3 Erosion 49
Dimensions of Citizenship 50
T. H. Marshall and the Expansion of Citizenship Rights 51
Critiques of the Welfare State 56
The Triumph of the Market over Citizenship? 66
4 Withdrawal 75
Individualism and Its Discontents: Tocqueville Revisited 77
Enter Putnam 84
The Third Way and Social Democracy 96
5 Expansion 102
Dual Citizenship 103
Which Nations Permit and Which Prohibit Dual Citizenship? 111
Nested Citizenship 122
Toward Global Citizenship? 128
6 Future Trends 130
Internal Factors Shaping Citizenship Regimes 131
Citizenship and Globalization 138
References 141
Index 161
