Citizenship : a reality far from ideal /

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Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:ix, 211 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7892279
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Other authors / contributors:Kakabadse, Andrew.
Kakabadse, Nada.
Kalu, Kalu Ndukwe.
ISBN:9780230216662 (hardback)
0230216668 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This unique collection of original works examines the relationship between citizen and state. Nine insightful contributions range from a transnational analysis of the corrosive influence of wealth elites on the functioning of the state, to models of state and citizen governance, to contrasting philosophies of citizenship"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Postmodern Citizenship: Logic and Praxis in State and Identity
  • 2. Global Governance Considerations for World Citizenship
  • 3. Citizenship and the Individual
  • 4. Citizenship, the Public Interest and Governance
  • 5. When 'Good' Citizens Say No: Bad Laws and Law-Abidingness
  • 6. Reconceptualising Citizenship and Identity: Contextual and Attitudinal Responses Towards State and Civic Obligation in the United Kingdom
  • 7. The Citizen and the State: A Progressively Subversive, State-Determined, and JCT-Mediated Relationship
  • 8. Council-Manager Government at 100: Facilitative Governance and Citizenship Ethics in the Administrative State
  • 9. Does the Notion of 'Corporate Citizenship' Make Sense?
  • Index