Citizenship : Dicourse, Theory, and Transnational Porspects, Hardcover by Kivisto, Peter; Faist, Thomas, ISBN 1405105518, ISBN-13 9781405105514, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Noting the "the return of the citizen" in social science discourse, Kivisto (sociology, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois) and Faist (transnational relations and development studies, Bielefeld U., Germany) apply the themes of inclusion, erosion, withdrawal, and expansion to citizenship in liberal democracies. After an overview of who was historically included and excluded as citizens in the modern nation-state, they discuss . Marshall's thesis about the growth of citizens' rights with the rise of the welfare state, critiques of the welfare state, and new modes of citizenship in this era of globalization (., the nested citizenship created by the European Union). Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()