Supranational Citizenship (Europe in Change)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: September 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780719069529
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; EU & European institutions; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Civics & Citizenship; Political Science / Civics; History & Theory - General; International Relations - General
Description: "Bringing political theory together with debates in international relations and in citizenship studies, the author argues that citizenship should no longer be understood as a status of privilege and belonging. Instead, it is an institutional role, through which persons might exercise their political agency - their capacities to shape the contexts of their lives and promote the freedom and well-being of themselves and others. In advancing this conception of citizenship, Dobson draws on and develops ideas found in the work of the philosopher Alan Gewirth." "Supranational Citizenship will be principally of interest to researchers in the fields of European integration, international normative theory, political and moral philosophy, and citizenship."--Jacket.