1st Edition

Citizenship in a Globalised World

By Christine Hobden Copyright 2021
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

What does it mean to be a citizen of a democracy today? This book challenges us to re- evaluate and ultimately reorient our state- based conception of democratic citizenship in order to meaningfully account for the context in which it is lived: a globalised, deeply interconnected, and deeply unjust world. Hobden argues for a new conception of citizenship that is state- based, but globally... Read more

Part I. The Concepts: States, Citizens, and Global Injustice

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The State and Justice, Globally

Chapter 3. Citizenship: A Conception

Part II. Collective Moral Responsibility for Citizens

Chapter 4. Collective Moral Responsibility: The Collective Outcome Account

Chapter 5. Closing the Gap: Responsible Collectives

Chapter 6. Citizens’ Individual Obligations

Part III. Responsibility Enacted

Chapter 7. Facing up to Complexity

Chapter 8. Citizens in a Globalised World

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Biography

Christine Hobden is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa and an Iso Lomso Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study. From May 2021, she will be a Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Governance at the Wits School of Governance. She is a political theorist whose research focuses on citizenship, international justice, and collective responsibility.