The Effects of Globalisation on Contemporary Citizenship Studies

Abstract

This panel brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches that explore the impact of globalisation and migration on contemporary citizenship practices. In a globalised and mobile world individuals are faced with a wide range of innovative opportunities for participation, for example, through new communication technologies (Bennett, 2008), and are exposed to a variety of values that transcend traditional national frontiers, such as a sense of European community (Scheuer and Schmitt, 2009). These new opportunities and values place enormous pressures on modern, state-based conceptions of citizenship: some commentators have even questioned the contemporary relevance of the welfare state and its citizenship institutions in the everyday lives of ordinary people (Freeman, 1986; Brady et al., 2005; Jaeger, 2009). In the context of these challenges, other commentators have suggested reforming the opportunities for citizen participation within domestic structures and/or rethinking our understanding of what actually constitutes democratic citizenship (Held, 2003; Pattie et al., 2004; Putnam, 2010). At present, each of the three key elements of citizenship is the subject of considerable debate. For example, can traditional conceptions of citizenship accommodate the rise of new forms of identity, including cross-state and regional sentiments (Hobson, Carson and Lawrence, 2007; Hibbert, 2008; Johnston et al., 2010)? Should citizenship rights be extended to non-citizens (Soysal, 1998; Yuval-Davis, 2010)? Are prevailing forms of individual political participation sufficiently democratic (Inglehart, 1997; Barber, 2007)? In seeking to answer these questions, and others, this panel includes papers on the effects of globalisation on current citizenship practices. The papers reflect a number of interdisciplinary approaches, theoretical debates and empirical case studies, which, collectively, offer a new perspective on citizenship in the world today.

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Something changed - The effects of globalisation on British identity in the context of Britpop music	View Paper Details
A new Global Participatory Culture? Evaluating Slacktivism and evolving conceptions of Citizenship	View Paper Details
Is a new model of Citizenship emerging in cross-border territories?	View Paper Details
'A German Citizen according to English Law?' The impact of EU Integration on the Interstate recognition of Nationality decisions	View Paper Details
The Legacy of Market Citizens in the European Union: A case study with Mobile European Citizens	View Paper Details
Circular migration: A “win-win” situation for the labour market	View Paper Details
Globalisation and Support for the Welfare State: Do Institutions Matter?	View Paper Details