1st Edition

The Transformation of Citizenship 3 volume set

596 Pages
by Routledge

596 Pages
by Routledge

At the beginning of the twenty-first century the consequences of fundamental global economic, political, social and cultural transformations that have  been underway for decades challenge modern citizenship. There can be no doubt that modern citizenship can no longer operate as it did in the second half of the twentieth century. Neither the politico-economic foundation nor the idea of... Read more

Volume 1



1. Introduction. A Political Economy of Citizenship, (Jürgen Mackert / Bryan S. Turner)




2. Variegated Neoliberalism, Finance-dominated Accumulation and Citizenship, (Bob Jessop)




3. Lawyers, Economists, and Citizens. The Impact of Neo-liberal European Governance on Citizenship, (Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg)




4. Market Integration, Monetary Union and Democracy in the Eurozone. The Role of Germany, (Heiner Ganßmann)




5. Varieties of Austerity Capitalism and the Rise of Secured Market Citizenship: The Neo-liberal Quest Against Social Citizenship, (Dieter Plehwe)




6. How Grandpa Became a Welfare Queen. Social Insurance, the Economisation of Citizenship, and a New Political Economy of Moral Worth, (Margaret R. Somers)




7. Why We Need a New Political Economy of Citizenship. Neo-liberalism, the Bank Crisis, and the ‘Panama Papers’, (Jürgen Mackert)



8. Citizenship in Detroit in a Time of Bankruptcy, (Marc W. Kruman)




9. The Social Bond of Consumer Citizens. Exploring Consumer Democracy with Actor-Network-Pragmatism, (Jörn Lamla)




10. Citizenship in French Poor Neighbourhoods. From Civil Rights Movement to Transnational Islamist Terrorism, (Dietmar Loch)




11. Strategies of Households in Precarious Prosperity in Chile, Costa Rica, Spain and Switzerland, (Monica Budowski and Sebastian Schief)




12. Demography and Social Citizenship, (John C. Torpey and Bryan S. Turner)



 



Volume 2



1. Introduction. Citizenship and Its Boundaries, (Jürgen Mackert / Bryan S. Turner)




2. Citizenship as Political Membership. A Fundamental Strand of Twentieth and Twenty-first Century European History, (Dieter Gosewinkel)



3. Secular Law and Sharia. Accommodation and Friction, (Christian Joppke)

Biography

Jürgen Mackert is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Economics and the Social Sciences, and Co-Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity at Potsdam University, Germany.



Bryan S. Turner is a professor in the Institute for Religion Politics and Society the Australian Catholic University Melbourne and the Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity at Potsdam University, Germany. He is the Max Planck Research Award Winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society 2015. He is Honorary Professor at Potsdam University, Germany.