Disputing Citizenship

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Citizenship is always in dispute – in practice as well as in theory – but conventional perspectives do not address why the concept of citizenship is so contentious. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing focus of dispute.The authors dispute the way citizenship is normally conceived and analysed within the social sciences, developing a view of citizenship as always emerging from struggle. This view is advanced through an exploration of the entanglements of politics, culture and power that are both embodied and contested in forms and practices of citizenship. This compelling view of citizenship emerges from the international and interdisciplinary collaboration of the four authors, drawing on the diverse disputes over citizenship in their countries of origin (Brazil, France, the UK and the US). The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the field of citizenship, no matter what their geographical, political or academic location. « Citizenship is always in dispute - in practice as well as in theory - but conventional perspectives do not address why the concept of citizenship is so contentious. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing focus of dispute.The authors dispute the way citizenship is normally conceived and analysed within the social sciences, developing a view of citizenship as always emerging from struggle. This view is advanced through an exploration of the entanglements of politics, culture and power that are both embodied and contested in forms and practices of citizenship. This compelling view of citizenship emerges from the international and interdisciplinary collaboration of the four authors, drawing on the diverse disputes over citizenship in their countries of origin (Brazil, France, the UK and the US). The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the field of citizenship, no matter what their geographical, political or academic location. » -- Couverture, page [4] DISPUTING CITIZENSHIP Contents Preface Introduction The structure of the book 1. Recentering citizenship Introduction Contextualising citizenship Citizenship: political projects and cultural formations Citizenship, politics and the adventures of culture Culture, politics and cultural citizenship Conclusion: recentering citizenship – views from the margins 2. Decentering citizenship Unsettling citizenship Pluralising the state Decentering the state in practice Dividing and multiplying: reinventing ‘the people’ Assembling citizenship Conclusion: decentering in theory and practice 3. Imagining the ‘communities’ of citizenship Nationalising and naturalising citizenship Becoming post-national? Reinventing the ‘communities’ of citizens Sites and scales of citizenship A politics of scale? Locations and localisations Citizenship taking place Conclusion: citizenship as connective Conclusion: Disputing citizenship Citizenship in the making Contested meanings: what is at stake in citizenship? The unfinished References Index This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing focus of dispute. The authors develop a view of citizenship as always emerging from struggle through an exploration of the entanglements of politics, culture and power that are both embodied and contested in forms and practices of citizenship. This book will mainly appeal to scholars and students engaged by the question of citizenship, across a range of disciplines, as well as policymakers and practitioners This Title Presents A New Perspective On Citizenship By Treating It As A Continuing Focus Of Dispute. The Authors Contest The Way It Is Normally Conceived And Analysed Within The Social Sciences, Developing A View Of Citizenship As Always Emerging From A Struggle. John Clarke, Kathleen Coll, Evelina Dagnino And Catherine Neveu. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 181-203) And Index.