Citizenship and Globalisation

Contents: Preface. 1. Globalization. 2. Citizenship and globalisation. 3. Class inequality. 4. Women and citizenship. 5. Human Rights. 6. Multiculturalism and citizenship. 7. Democratization. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

Present work is on globalisation and citizenship. Globalisation has changed the context all levels. It is shifting the balance away from membership based citizenship towards universal human rights.

The aspects of globalisation have important implications for citizenship. The movement of people across national boundaries to live and work calls into question the issues of national identity and belonging of membership in a polity, and of the rights that accrue to that membership. Secondly a hallmark of globalisation is the existence of transnational and multinational organizations that are overlays on national sovereignty. These exist in parallel with the nation state and both complicate and diffuse the rights and privileges that accrue to citizenship.