Citizenship and Identity

by Engin F. Isin, Patricia K. Wood

Citizenship and Identity provides an introduction to key debates in sociology and social and political theory on postmodernization and globalization through a critical examination of the often contested concepts of citizenship and identity. The detailed introductory discussion of the relation between the civil and the political, between recognition and redistribution, gives a comprehensive vocabulary for understanding recent and on-going debates. Using the work of T.H.Marshall to frame the discussion of how diasporic, technological, ecological, cosmopolitan, sexual and cultural rights expand the definition of citizenship, the book shows how, in turn, civil, political and social rights have been transformed by postmodernization and globalization. Lucid and comprehensive, Citizenship and Identity will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociology, social and political theory and cultural studies.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Engin F. Isin holds a Chair in Citizenship and Professor of Politics in Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Open University. He is also director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, Governance (CCIG) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. He served as Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Division of Social Science at York University, Toronto, Canada between 2001-2006. His research and writing have focused on the origins and transformations of citizenship as a political and legal institution that constitutes certain ways of being political enabling subjects to become claimants of justice. His books include Cities Without Citizens (1992) and Being Political (2002).