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Citizenship and civic engagement are commonly used terms and expressions and yet they both resist simple definitions. Sometimes they are used interchangeably, other times as separate and distinct concepts. One dictionary defines citizenship as, “the status of a citizen with attendant duties, rights, and privileges." There is
?To be a citizen in the legal and sociological sense means to enjoy the rights of citizenship necessary for agency and social and political participation. To act as a citizen involves fulfilling the potential of that status, (Lister 1997a: 41).
The ambiguous meaning of citizenship. Ulrich K. Preuss. Professor of Law and Politics, Free University Berlin. Paper presented at the University of Chicago Law School to the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism. December 1, 2003. At one point in human history somebody had the idea that the handling of the affairs of
Introduction. Marc Kruman and Richard Marbac. pdf icon Download PDF. pp. 1-11. The essays assembled in this volume are drawn from the tenth anniversary conference of the Center for the Study of Citizenship. The theme of that conference, “The Meaning of Citizenship," provided an appropriate read more
Many thinkers point to the concept of citizenship beginning in the early city-states of ancient Greece, although others see it as primarily a modern phenomenon dating back only a few hundred years and, for mankind, that the concept of citizenship arose with the first laws. Polis meant both the political assembly of the
INTRODUCTION. Since the late 1980s citizenship has become a key concept in the discourse on social science, education, and “top politics". This revived interest in the concept is striking because for several decades after a period immediately after the Second World War where the meaning of the concept was widely
But citizenship is more than a legal designation. It is also a cultural ideal. It is infused with moral meaning, encompassed by normative principles, values, and expectations that all derive from the social, historical, and cultural context of the times. How, for example, does one's identity as a citizen relate to other sources of
and cultural changes. The historical context for such changes should be considered where appropriate. All pupils, regardless of their legal or residential status, should explore and develop their understanding of what it means to be a citizen in the. UK today. Community cohesion: Citizenship offers opportunities for schools
The concept of citizenship is a complex one: it does not have a definitive explication, but it nevertheless is a very important category in contemporary world. Citizenship is a powerful ideal, and often the way a person is treated depends on whether he or she has the status of a citizen.

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