Overview

This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The author, an experienced textbook writer and teacher, uses a postmodern theory of citizenship to ask topical questions as:

Can citizenship exist without the nation-state?

What should the balance be between our rights and responsibilities?

Should we enjoy group as well as individual rights?

Is citizenship relevant to our private as well as our public lives?

Have processes of globalisation rendered citizenship redundant?