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Identities, affiliations, and allegiances /

Where do political identities come from, how do they change over time, and what is their impact on political life? This book explores these and related questions in a globalizing world where the nation state is being transformed, definitions of citizenship are evolving in unprecedented ways, and peo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benhabib, Seyla, Shapiro, Ian, Petranović, Danilo, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Editors introduction
  • Part I Emergence and limits of national political identities
  • 1 From affiliation to affinity58; citizenship in the transition from empire to the nation45;state
  • I46; The Greek invasion and regime change
  • II46; State and regime
  • III46; The historical context
  • IV46; Citizenship in empires and nation45;states
  • V46; Conclusion
  • 2 Transnationalizing the public sphere58; on the legitimacy and efficacy of public opinion in a postWestphalian world
  • I46; Classical public45;sphere theory and its radical critique58; thematizing the Westphalian frame
  • II46; The postnational constellation58; problematizing the Westphalian frame
  • III46; Rethinking the public sphere58; yet again
  • 3 8220;Being there8221;58; place44; territory44; and identity
  • I46; Introduction58; spatiality and social identity
  • II46; Space44; place44; and territory58; the reaches of theory
  • III46; Territories44; frontiers44; and political identity
  • IV46; In conclusion58; diaspora identity
  • 4 Political boundaries in a multilevel democracy
  • I46; The international state system as a background for liberal political theory
  • II46; Nested and overlapping political boundaries
  • III46; Cultural versus political conceptions of minority rights
  • IV46; Supranational political integration in Europe
  • V46; Conclusions
  • Part II Multiple identities in practice58; the European example
  • 5 Building European institutions58; beyond strong ties and weak commitments
  • In memory of Paul Hirst
  • I46; Liberal nationalism and transnational identities44; solidarities44; obligations44; and institutions
  • II46; Imagining a more democratic and social European Union
  • 6 Soft borders and transnational citizens
  • I46; Starting points58; fluid identities44; public goods44; and multiple allegiances
  • II46; A context for soft borders
  • III46; A note on sovereignty and hard borders
  • IV46; State functions not state borders58; networks of subnational and trans45;border polities
  • V46; Extraction of resources and the provision of public goods
  • VI46; Conclusion
  • 7 Transnational nationalism58; redefining nation and territory
  • I46; The emergence of transnationalism
  • II46; Transnational nationalism and diaspora nationalisms
  • III46; Non45;territoriality of nationalism
  • IV46; The relation to the state
  • V46; Conclusion
  • Part III Decoupling citizenship from identity
  • 8 Binding problems44; boundary problems58; the trouble with 8220;democratic citizenship8221;
  • I46; Three dimensions of 8220;democratic citizenship8221;
  • II46; Citizenship and 8220;the ideal of city life8221;
  • III46; Contact among strangers58; ethical citizenship as political association
  • IV46; The argument for citizen association58; two interpretations44; two critiques
  • V46; 8220;Constitutional patriotism8221; and its others
  • VI46; Conclusion
  • 9 Immigrant political integration and ethnic civic communities in Amsterdam
  • I46; Introduction
  • II46; Amsterdam as a city of immigration
  • III46; Composition of the immigrant ethnic minority population in Amsterdam
  • IV46; Political participation of immigrants in Amsterdam
  • V46; Individual determinants of political participation
  • VI46; Civic community and political participation
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