In Western countries, the theories and practices of citizenship and democracy have come under intense scrutiny. These are premised on a relatively autonomous nation-state, yet national boundaries are now being tested through globalization. At the same time they are being challenged by new forms of identity based on communities, minorities and transnational belonging. Increasingly, the nation-state is incapable of delivering on its promise of economic, political and social rights. The contributions in this book focus on the relationship between citizenship and difference, highlighting new tensions between the local and the global.

ANTHONY ASHBOLT Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Wollongong JACK BARBALET Reader in Sociology, Australian National University STEPHEN CASTLES Research Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Migration and Multicultural Studies Program, University of Wollongong EVA COX Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS ALISTAIR DAVIDSON Professor of Politics, Monash University and inaugural Professor of Citizenship Studies, Swinburne University of Technology VIJAY NAIDU Associate Professor of Sociology and Economic Development, University of the South Pacific

About the Author
Ellie Vasta is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia.



Book Information
ISBN 9780333734872
Author E. Vasta
Format Hardback
Page Count 174
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan