ABSTRACT

Citizenship and Identity offers an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political life of modern democracies. Starting from exploration of liberal-democracy and a critique of the fragmentation of contemporary politics, this book develops a republican perspective as an alternative framework for political institutions and civic participation.

part 1|2 pages

Democracy in difficulty

chapter |18 pages

Optimists and pessimists

chapter 2|18 pages

The triumph of liberal-democracy

chapter 3|24 pages

The challenge of republicanism

part 4|1 pages

The idea of the new republic

chapter 4|6 pages

The idea of the new republic

chapter |3 pages

Forum politics in the new republic

chapter |11 pages

Active citizenship

chapter 5|4 pages

Identity, difference and the nation

chapter |15 pages

Membership of a shared polity

chapter 7|19 pages

The transformation of liberal-democracy

chapter |10 pages

Conclusion

Democracy renewed