- The Transformation of Citizenship, Volume 1 : Political Economy (2017, Hardcover) read online PDF, DJV
9781138672901 English 1138672904 The Transformation of Citizenship addresses the basic question of how we can make sense of citizenship in the twenty-first century. These volumes make a strong plea for a reorientation of the sociology of citizenship and address serious threats of an ongoing erosion of citizenship rights. Arguing from different scientific perspectives, rather than offering new conceptions of citizenship as supposedly more adequate models of rights, membership and belonging, they deal with both the ways citizenship is transformed and the ways it operates in the face of fundamentally transformed conditions. This volume Political Economy discusses manifold consequences of a decades-long enforcement of neo-liberalism for the rights of citizens. As neo-liberalism not only means a new form of economic system, it has to be conceived of as an entirely new form of global, regional and national governance that radically transforms economic, political and social relations in society. Its consequences for citizenship as a social institution are no less than dramatic. Against the background of both manifest and ideological processes the book looks at if citizenship has lost the basis it has rested upon for decades, or if the institution itself is in a process of being fundamentally transformed and restructured, thereby changing its meaning and the significance of citizens' rights. This book will appeal to academics working in the field of political theory, political sociology and European studies., The forms of citizenship that evolved from 1934 to the 1950s as a response to the Great Depression and as a consequence of post-war reconstruction based on Keynesian principles of full employment, state investment in economic growth and social security received a large shock in the 1970s and 1980s by what became to be known as neo-liberalism. These new policies involved the privatization of utilities and services, and an emphasis on individual responsibility for example in health care. Duties rather than rights were promoted by governments. Trade unions organisations challenged and legislation was introduced to control industrial unrest. Citizenship was further transformed after 9/11 as governments became increasingly focused on security rather than on welfare. These trends were reinforced by the 2008 financial crisis and the resulting development of austerity packages for European societies on the periphery. Can social citizenship be refashioned to meet these changed circumstances in the twenty-first century?
9781138672901 English 1138672904 The Transformation of Citizenship addresses the basic question of how we can make sense of citizenship in the twenty-first century. These volumes make a strong plea for a reorientation of the sociology of citizenship and address serious threats of an ongoing erosion of citizenship rights. Arguing from different scientific perspectives, rather than offering new conceptions of citizenship as supposedly more adequate models of rights, membership and belonging, they deal with both the ways citizenship is transformed and the ways it operates in the face of fundamentally transformed conditions. This volume Political Economy discusses manifold consequences of a decades-long enforcement of neo-liberalism for the rights of citizens. As neo-liberalism not only means a new form of economic system, it has to be conceived of as an entirely new form of global, regional and national governance that radically transforms economic, political and social relations in society. Its consequences for citizenship as a social institution are no less than dramatic. Against the background of both manifest and ideological processes the book looks at if citizenship has lost the basis it has rested upon for decades, or if the institution itself is in a process of being fundamentally transformed and restructured, thereby changing its meaning and the significance of citizens' rights. This book will appeal to academics working in the field of political theory, political sociology and European studies., The forms of citizenship that evolved from 1934 to the 1950s as a response to the Great Depression and as a consequence of post-war reconstruction based on Keynesian principles of full employment, state investment in economic growth and social security received a large shock in the 1970s and 1980s by what became to be known as neo-liberalism. These new policies involved the privatization of utilities and services, and an emphasis on individual responsibility for example in health care. Duties rather than rights were promoted by governments. Trade unions organisations challenged and legislation was introduced to control industrial unrest. Citizenship was further transformed after 9/11 as governments became increasingly focused on security rather than on welfare. These trends were reinforced by the 2008 financial crisis and the resulting development of austerity packages for European societies on the periphery. Can social citizenship be refashioned to meet these changed circumstances in the twenty-first century?