Supranational Citizenship

di Lynn Dobson (Autore)

Manchester University Press, 2012

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, available at last in paperback, 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. 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. -- .

• Autore: Lynn Dobson
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Collana: Europe in Change
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• EAN: 9780719069536

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