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Citizenship in Britain : A History / Derek Heater.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748622252
  • 9780748626724
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.60941 22
LOC classification:
  • JN906 .H43 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Early constitutional and humanist themes -- Chapter 2 The efflorescence of political thinking -- Chapter 3 Fighting corruption and France -- Chapter 4 Two generations of progress -- Chapter 5 Two issues of status -- Chapter 6 Focus on social citizenship -- Chapter 7 Citizenship as a key concept -- References -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622269);An historical introduction to the varieties of citizenship in Britain, starting in the Middle Ages and bringing the story right up to the present day.Both the status and understanding of citizenship in practice and the theoretical and advisory writings on the subject are introduced, and their inter-relationships are explored.Among the key themes to be examined are:local and national stratathe issue of parliamentary suffragewomen excluded and included as citizensthe influence of classical ideasnationhood and imperialismthe role of political and social theoristsinterpretations by modern political partiesthe role of education environmental citizenshipmulticulturalismglobalisationhuman rightsOrganised chronologically, each chapter is divided into sections in order to present the reader with different themes in a manageable form. The focus throughout is on accessibility, with no previous knowledge of the subject being assumed.Key Features:Unique in its historical coverage of citizenship in Britain - moving from the Middle Ages to the present dayReveals the great complexity of the development of citizenship in BritainLeading campaigners, politicians and theorists enliven the story and analysisDemonstrates the importance of an historical perspective in understanding the issue of citizenship in Britain today."
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748626724

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Early constitutional and humanist themes -- Chapter 2 The efflorescence of political thinking -- Chapter 3 Fighting corruption and France -- Chapter 4 Two generations of progress -- Chapter 5 Two issues of status -- Chapter 6 Focus on social citizenship -- Chapter 7 Citizenship as a key concept -- References -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622269);An historical introduction to the varieties of citizenship in Britain, starting in the Middle Ages and bringing the story right up to the present day.Both the status and understanding of citizenship in practice and the theoretical and advisory writings on the subject are introduced, and their inter-relationships are explored.Among the key themes to be examined are:local and national stratathe issue of parliamentary suffragewomen excluded and included as citizensthe influence of classical ideasnationhood and imperialismthe role of political and social theoristsinterpretations by modern political partiesthe role of education environmental citizenshipmulticulturalismglobalisationhuman rightsOrganised chronologically, each chapter is divided into sections in order to present the reader with different themes in a manageable form. The focus throughout is on accessibility, with no previous knowledge of the subject being assumed.Key Features:Unique in its historical coverage of citizenship in Britain - moving from the Middle Ages to the present dayReveals the great complexity of the development of citizenship in BritainLeading campaigners, politicians and theorists enliven the story and analysisDemonstrates the importance of an historical perspective in understanding the issue of citizenship in Britain today."

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)