Interest in citizenship has never been higher. Politicians of all
stripes stress its importance, as do church leaders, captains of
industry and every kind of campaigning group--from those supporting
global causes, such as tackling world poverty, to others with a
largely local focus, such as combating neighborhood crime. In this
brilliant, compact introduction, Richard Bellamy offers an
eye-opening look at an idea that is as important as it is rare--the
prospect of influencing government policy according to reasonably
fair rules and on a more or less equal basis with others. Bringing
together the most recent scholarship, the book sheds light on how
ideas of citizenship have changed through time from ancient Greece
to the present, looks at concepts such as membership and belonging,
and highlights the relation between citizenship, rights, and
democracy. Bellamy also examines the challenges confronting the
very possibility of citizenship today, the impact of globalization,
the desirability of "global citizenship," the teaching of
citizenship in schools, citizenship tests for immigrants, and the
many different definitions and types of citizenship in modern
society.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and
style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of
life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the
newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about
the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from
philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
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