Description
Book SynopsisCitizenship has come under intense discussion recently because of threats to welfare and shifting immigration policies. The European Union has opened transnational citizenship rights and fledgling democracies throughout the world are struggling to establish their own versions of citizenship. Extending Citizenship, Reconfiguring States connects all these current discussions and places them in historical perspective. The book presents a thematically unified analysis of changing citizenship practices over two centuries_from the eve of the French Revolution to contemporary China. Showing how rights emerge with the appearance of new social groups and the reconfiguration of states, the authors identify conditions under which rights and citizenship expand as new groups develop within consolidated states as well as how rights and citizenship emerge within fragmented states with cross-cutting legal jurisdictions.
Trade ReviewA collection of very good articles, well edited by two outstanding scholars. * Contemporary Sociology *
An important attempt at reminding us that citizenship cannot be taken for granted as an inbuilt feature of nation-states. Comprehensive bibliography is provided at the end of this informative collection. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Changing Citizenship, Changing States Chapter 2 Burghers into Citizens: Urban and National Citizenship in the Netherlands during the Revolutionary Era (c. 1800) Chapter 3 Citizens in Search of a State: The Limits of Political Participation in the Late Ottoman Empire Chapter 4 Scripted Debates: Twentieth Century Immigration and Citizenship Policy in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States Chapter 5 Citizenship in Chinese History Chapter 6 The Right to Work and the Struggle Against Unemployment: Britain, 1884-1914 Chapter 7 Women's Collective Agency, Power Resources, and Framing of Citizenship Rights Chapter 8 The Prospects for Transnational Social Policy: A Reappraisal Chapter 9 From Special to Specialized Rights: The Politics of Citizenship and Identity in the European Union Chapter 10 From Center to Periphery and Back Again: Reflections on the Geography of Democratic Innovation Chapter 11 Conclusion: Why Worry About Citizenship? Chapter 12 A Bibliography of Citizenship Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Contributors
