Examines what it is that makes an individual a citizen and shows that the civic-republican tradition of political thinking has much to contribute to modern debates about 'active citizenship' and the idea of 'community'.
Citizenship defines the U.S. political experiment, but the modern legal category that it now names is a relatively recent invention. There was no Constitutional definition of citizenship until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, almost a century after the Decla…
Citizenship defines the U.S. political experiment, but the modern legal category that it now names is a relatively recent invention. There was no Constitutional definition of citizenship until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, almost a century after the Decla…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- I. Reading "Citizenship"--Introduction. Citizenship before the Fourteenth Amendment -- 1. The Retroactive Invention of Citizenship: A Textual History -- II. The Higher Laws of Citizenship -- 2. "Citizenship in Heaven": …
Citizenship defines the U.S. political experiment, but the modern legal category that it now names is a relatively recent invention. There was no Constitutional definition of citizenship until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, almost a century after the Decla…
Citizenship defines the U.S. political experiment, but the modern legal category that it now names is a relatively recent invention. There was no Constitutional definition of citizenship until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, almost a century after the Decla…