Supranational citizenship
Author | : Lynn Dobson |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2013-01-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847794840 |
ISBN-13 | : 184779484X |
Rating | : 4/5 (84X Downloads) |
Download or read book Supranational citizenship written by Lynn Dobson and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we conceptualise a kind of citizenship that need not be of a nation-state, but might be of a variety of political frameworks? Bringing together political theory with debates about European integration, international relations and the changing nature of citizenship, this book, available at last in paperback, offers a coherent and innovative theorisation of a citizenship independent of any specific form of political organisation. It relates that conception of citizenship to topical issues of the European Union: democracy and legitimate authority; non-national political community; and the nature of the supranational constitution. The author argues that citizenship should no longer be seen as a status of privileged membership, but instead as an institutional role enabling individuals’ capacities to shape the context of their lives and promote the freedom and well-being of others. In doing so, she draws on and develops ideas found in the work of the philosopher Alan Gewirth.