Supranational Citizenship (in the series Europe in Change) - Hardcover

Dobson, Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719069521 ISBN 13: 9780719069529

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Can we conceptualise a kind of citizenship that need not be of a nation-state, but might be of a variety of political frameworks? Bringing together political theory with debates about European integration, international relations and the changing nature of citizenship, this book offers a coherent and innovative theorisation of a citizenship independent of any specific form of political organisation and relates that conception of citizenship to topical issues of the European Union: democracy and legitimate authority; non-national political community; and the nature of the supranational constitution. The author argues that citizenship should no longer be seen as a status of privileged membership, but instead as an institutional role enabling individuals' capacities to shape the context of their lives and promote the freedom and well-being of others. In doing so, she draws on and develops ideas found in the work of the philosopher Alan Gewirth. -- .

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Review:

The book makes an original contribution to the treatment of EU democracy and citizenship through close and rigorous theoretical argument. It also suggests how supranational forms of citizenship - such as that of the EU - might inspire rethinking of moral and political agency in other contexts and polities. --UACES Best Book Award, Judges comments.

Synopsis:

This book brings together political theory and debates about European integration, international relations, and the changing nature of citizenship, and offers a coherent and innovative theorisation of a citizenship independent of any specific form of political organisation. It relates that conception of citizenship to topical issues of the European Union - democracy and legitimate authority; non-national political community; and the nature of the supranational constitution. This book: argues that citizenship should no longer be seen as a status of privileged membership, but instead as an institutional role enabling individuals' capacities to shape the context of their lives and promote the freedom and well-being of others; and draws on and develops ideas found in the work of the philosopher Alan Gewirth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719069521
• ISBN 13: 9780719069529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208