Title: Territories of citizenship /
Authors: Beckman, Ludvig.; Erman, Eva.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Citizenship; Political geography.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.; Citizenship; Civil rights & citizenship.; Political geography; POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security Civil Rights.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security Human Rights.; Political structure & processes.; Political subversion.; Politics and Government.; Public opinion & polls.
Abstract: This volume bridges two separate academic debates on the problems of democracy and the political community in a transnational context. The authors discuss the theoretical concerns of citizenship in an age of globalization and the inclusive and exclusive character of citizenship in contemporary society, taking as a starting point the status, role and function of citizenship within democratic systems and multilayered government structures. This novel approach adds a broad array of critical, conceptual and normative perspectives on the borders, territories and political agents of the state, employing a variety of disciplines to explore the possibilities and challenges for citizens as political agents in light of present processes of fragmentation and pluralization.
Contents: Citizens, resident aliens, and the good of equal membership / Andrew Mason -- Is residence special? : democracy in the age of migration and human mobility / Ludvig Beckman -- Naturalisation, desert, and the symbolic meaning of citizenship / Sune Laegaard -- "Democratic agents" and "agents of democracy" in multilayered governance / Eva Erman -- The practical conditions of sovereignty of the people : the status of citizens in multilevel political organizations / Christine Chwaszcza -- The limits of post-territorial political community / David Chandler -- Making global governance public? : Habermas's model for a two-track cosmopolitan order / Kenneth Baynes -- Initial citizenship and rectificatory secessions / Jouni Reinikainen