The citizen in the 21st century / edited by James Arvanitakis; Ingrid Mattherws.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arvanitakis, James, editor.

Mattherws, Ingrid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--21st century.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Summary:

In the nineteen essays of this collection, the 21st century citizen is introduced, deconstructed, probed and admired among the messy realities of the contemporary world. As an inter-disciplinary project, the collection draws on expertise from across Europe, North America and Australasia to offer new insights into such diverse existences as the environmental citizen, the young citizen, the multiple citizen, the non-citizen, and the global citizen. It unflinchingly spotlights the failures of our contemporary societies to resolve the endless, universal problems of conflict, poverty and oppression. It also opens windows of hope onto a range of new understandings and innovative approaches to the challenges we face, from the mass movements of refugees to the digitalisation of social contact. This material can be read as a whole, as a conceptual collection, or it can be dipped in to and out of between work and leisure. Whether it is read as research or pastime, this volume will challenge and confront, comfort and renew, the many ways of thinking about citizenship in the 21st century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / James Arvanitakis and Ingrid Matthews

21st Century Citizen Networks in Complex States: Shall We Dance or Play Tug-of-War? / Eugene G. Kowch

Nomos Beyond the Earth / Josh Entsminger

Israeli Narratives to the Diaspora and the Construction of an Unequal Diasporic Citizenship / Shahar Burla

Arendtian Deliberation on the Decline of Political Public Space: The Case of Postwar Japanese Citizenship / Yaya Mori

Multiple Nationality and the (Ab)Use of Citizenship: Identity Opportunity and Risk / Anna Tsalapatanis

Migrating Rights / Laurie Berg

Asian Democracy and the Problem of Membership: Rules of Exception and ‘Legitimate’ Discrimination against Migrants in South Korea / Sohoon Lee

Expanding the Citizen in Multicultural Policymaking / Rimi Khan

Universalising Citizenship as Identity? Identity Liberalism and the Paradox of Universalism / Francis Luong

Expanding Citizenship: Expanding Our Understanding / Mitra Gusheh and Anna Powell

Teaching and Learning Citizenship: From the Margins to the Centre / Ingrid Matthews

‘The Kids Are Alright, It’s Just Youth in Trouble’: Re-Thinking Civic Competence through a Presence Model of Youth Citizenship Identity / Jennifer Upchurch

Environment and Citizenship: Rethinking What It Means to Be a Citizen in the 21st Century / Benito Cao

Environmental Citizenship: A Case Study of the Global Young Greens / Alex Surace and Amy Tyler

Practicing an Individual Ethics of Sustainability / Chris Riedy

Engagement and Citizenship: Universities in the Contemporary World / James Arvanitakis and Bob Hodge

An Open Source Project for Politics: Visions of Democracy and Citizenship in American Pirate Parties / Martin Fredriksson

A 21st Century Citizen in a Brave New Republic / Spike Boydell

The 21st Century Citizen and Beyond / Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-238-6

OCLC:

1096222529

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848882386 DOI