The socio-economic domain of citizenship refers to the relationship between individuals in a societal context and to rights of participation in political spaces. The definition of social and economic rights includes the rights to economic well-being, for example, the right to social security, to work, to minimum means of subsistence and to a safe environment. Social citizenship refers to the relations between individuals in a society and demands loyalty and solidarity. Economic citizenship refers to the relation of an individual towards the labour and consumer market and implies the right to work and to a minimum subsistence level. The cultural or collective domain of citizenship refers to the manner in which societies take into account the increasing cultural diversity in societies, diversity due to a greater openness to other cultures, to global migration and to increased mobility.
Cultural citizenship refers to awareness of a common cultural heritage.
This component includes the quest for recognition of collective rights for minorities. The culture-state relationship is based upon human rights which recognize an anthropological dimension of a person, and which imply a certain conception of human beings, their dignity, and the affirmation of legal equality against all forms of discrimination on the basis of membership in a particular group or category. The political domain requires knowledge of the political system, democratic attitudes, and participatory skills. The cultural domain requires knowledge of the cultural heritage, history and basic skills such as good literacy skills. Minimally, democracy requires the protection of the political and personal rights of citizens, including those in the minority.