Acts of Citizenship

by Engin F. Isin and Greg M. Nielsen

Book Overview

This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. Isin and Nielsen show that an 'act of citizenship' is the event through which subjects constitute themselves as citizens. They claim that such an act involves both responsibility and answerability, but is ultimately irreducible to either. This study of citizenship is truly interdisciplinary, drawing not only on new developments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842779524
• ISBN13: 9781842779521
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"