Some Remarks about the Classical Foundations and Contemporary Trends of Reconceptualizing Citizenship Cover Image

Građanstvo: Neka razmatranja o klasičnim osnovama i savremenim trendovima rekonceptualizacije
Some Remarks about the Classical Foundations and Contemporary Trends of Reconceptualizing Citizenship

Author(s): Jelena Vasiljević
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: citizenship; citizenship rights; identity; political community.

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores some of the key historical and theoretical traditions of thinking about citizenship, basic tensions and problems inherent to the concept itself, as well as the main contemporary challenges. After presenting key problems that stem from the classical liberal and republican traditions - complemented by a discussion of citizenship within the nationstate framework - the paper turns to an overview of the main contemporary challenges and debates aiming at reconceptualizing the concept itself and including it into novel and different political and theoretical frames.

  • Issue Year: 24/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 125-135
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Serbian
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