American Citizenship – The Quest for Inclusion (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values) - Hardcover

Shklar, Jn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674022157 ISBN 13: 9780674022157

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this illuminating look at what constitutes American citizenship, Judith Shklar identifies the right to vote and the right to work as the defining social rights and primary sources of public respect. She demonstrates that in recent years, although all profess their devotion to the work ethic, earning remains unavailable to many who feel and are consequently treated as less than full citizens.

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Review:

Shklar has produced a compelling argument that the right to vote and the right to a job, neither of which was written into the constitution, are nevertheless necessary for full and equal American citizenship. As always, one learns from reading Shklar...The book provides an excellent interpretation of what American citizenship has meant historically. A short but very potent exploration of the actual meaning of citizenship for Americans...A spirited defense of the highly privatized vision of politics which is certainly the norm in America.

From the Back Cover:

In this illuminating look at what constitutes American Citizenship, Judith Shklar identifies the right to vote and the right to work as the defining social rights and primary sources of public respect.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0674022157
• ISBN 13: 9780674022157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 132