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Author Gunsteren, Herman R. van.

Title A theory of citizenship : organizing plurality in contemporary democracies / Herman van Gunsteren
Published Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1998

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Contents Pt. 1. Why Citizenship? 1. Citizenship on the Political Agenda. 2. Theories of Citizenship, Old and New -- Pt. 2. What Citizenship Do. 3. Plurality in The Unknown Society. 4. Against Consensus. 5. Deep Groups Under a Multicultural Surface. 6. Citizens in Public Office -- Pt. 3. How Citizens Are Formed. 7. Education. 8. Admission and Exclusion. 9. Work and Third Age Citizens. 10. Moral Unity or a Steady Diet of Conflicts? 11. Political Institutions and the Idea of Citizenship -- The Outlook for Citizenship
Summary Does vital citizenship require moral consensus? Or is it the ability to organize their differences that allows people to live together as citizens in a republic? Whereas liberal, republican, and communitarian theories of citizenship analyzed the conditions of citizenship, the central message of this book is that the practical exercise of citizenship, under conditions that are far from ideal, is the main source of its vitality, Instead of arguing for more participation, it focuses on the citizenship of those who, for whatever reason, are already active in the public sphere
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Citizenship.
Democracy.
World politics -- 1989-
LC no. 98009738
ISBN 0813368626 hardcover alkaline paper
0813368634 paperback alkaline paper