The Anthropology of Citizenship

<p><i>The Anthropology of Citizenship</i> introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen’s relationship with the state.</p> <ul> <li>Introduces a range of exciting and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world</li> <li>Provides key readings for students and researchers who wish to gain an understanding of citizenship practices, and an individual’s relationship with the state in a global context</li> <li>Offers an anthropological perspective on citizenship, the self and political agency, with a focus on encounters between citizens and the state in education, law, development, and immigration policy</li> <li>Provides students with an understanding of the theoretical foundations of citizenship, as characterized by liberal and civic republican ideas of political belonging and exclusion</li> <li>Explores how citizenship is constructed at different scales and in different spaces</li> <li>Twenty-five key writings identify what is a new and vibrant subfield within politics and anthropological research</li> </ul>