Prospects for Citizenship

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This text offers a perspicuous, empirically-informed theoretical overview of the prospects for citizenship in the light of its current political context. The authorial team comprises leading names from across the field, offering a cutting edge analysis of the problems and pressures of citizenship in the twenty-first century. The authors focus in particular on the apparent decline of traditional forms of civic engagement, the emergence of new forms of participation and the relationship between citizenship and globalization. This book is a collaboration between the members of the Centre for Citizenship, Governance and Globalization at the University of Southampton. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Preface Contents List of Tables Introduction A Citizenship Settlement under Challenge? Prospects for a New Analysis of Citizenship 1 Political Citizenship under Threat: Dimensions, Causes and Responses The Dimensions of Political Citizenship The Malaise in Political Citizenship Explaining Citizen Disenchantment Can We Challenge Anti-politics? Developing a Response Future Research Challenges 2 Designing Political Citizenship Designing Participation: Five Challenges A New Wave of Democratic Innovation Prospects for Political Citizenship: Lessons from Democratic Innovations Future Research Agendas 3 Citizenship and Social Movement Protest A Rise in Social Movement Activity: A Resurgence of Citizenship and Democracy? The Political Environment Individuals: Middle Class and Rational? Waves of Protest Future Research Agendas 4 Citizenship, Cultural Diversity and Integration Integration versus Assimilation The Justice Account The Good of Citizenship Account Competing or Complementary Accounts? Future Agenda 5 Citizenship and the Politics of Rights The Human Rights Act – a (Precarious) ‘Stepping Stone’ to the Bill of Rights? Making Responsibilities Explicit and Strengthening Citizenship – the Government and the Bill of Rights Conclusion: Towards a British Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities? Further Research 6 Transpolitical Citizenship Mapping the Terrain Accounting for the Rise of Transnational Citizenship The Normative View Nested Transpolitical Citizenship: The Case of the EU Future Research Agendas 7 Diminishing Returns? Globalization and the Limits of Citizenship Introduction Globalization and the Decline of Citizenship Globalization and the Securitization of Citizenship Globalization and the Prospects for Citizenship The Limits to Citizenship: Future Research Agendas 8 Global Citizenship: Cosmopolitan Futures? Introduction Cosmopolitan Democracy Cosmopolitan Distributive Justice Cosmopolitan Ethics Future Research Agendas Conclusion Political Citizenship and the Politics of Membership Disappointment, Hope and Fatalism Notes Bibliography Index