Disputing Citizenship - Softcover

Clarke, John; Coll, Kathleen; Dagnino, Evelina; Neveu, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447312538 ISBN 13: 9781447312536

Publisher: Policy Press, 2014

Synopsis

Many people take citizenship for granted, but throughout history it has been an embattled notion. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship, treating it as a continuous focal point of dispute. Written by scholars from Brazil, France, Britain, and the United States, it offers an international and interdisciplinary exploration of the ways different forms and practices of citizenship embody contesting entanglements of politics, culture, and power.  In doing so, it offers a provocative challenge to the ways citizenship is normally conceived of and analyzed by the social sciences and develops an innovative view of citizenship as something always emerging from struggle. 

About this title

About the Author:

John Clarke is professor of social policy at the Open University. Kathleen Coll is a cultural anthropologist at Stanford University. Evelina Dagnino is professor of political science at the University of Campinas in Brazil. Catherine Neveu is director of research at the Transformations radicales des mondes contemporains in Paris. 

Review:

“A major contribution to critical thinking about citizenship that takes its political, contentious, and cultural aspects seriously and playfully, through admirably nuanced discussions.” 
(Engin Isin, Open University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1447312538
• ISBN 13: 9781447312536
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224