Immigrants' access to citizenship in their country of residence is increasingly debated in Western democracies. It is an underlying premise of these debates that citizenship and national belonging are closely linked, but at the same time there is considerable cross-country variation in how citizenship is approached in Western democracies. In the literature, these differences are typically under...

The recent introduction of Citizenship in England marked an important moment in the history of education in the UK. But to what extent does citizenship education receive equal attention within the four UK Home Nations? And, what are the implications of different approaches to citizenship education? This paper assesses the nature of citizenship education in the four nations of the UK, examining ...

Active social citizenship: the case of disabled peoples' rights to personal assistance Karen Christensen a , Ingrid Guldvik b & Monica Larsson c a Department of Sociology , University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway b Department of Pedagogy and Social Studies , Lillehammer University College , Lillehammer , Norway c Department of Social Work , Malmø University , Malmø , Sweden Published online: 22 ...

In the European context Active citizenship has been promoted within the education andtraining Lisbon Strategy as a tool to support the continuation of democracy, human rightsand greater social inclusion. In this article we analyse the impact of education on ActiveCitizenship and contribute to the existing debates relating to education levels andparticipation. Our results uniform...

This research investigates important issues related to e-government services utilization and adoption in a developing country. The purpose was to investigate the primary antecedents related to intention to use egovernment services within the context of an emerging market. Lebanon is a small developing market that is making significant investments in e-government technology. The expectation is t...

Abstract should be 50to 150-words.] Citizenship, like rurality, is a highly contested term. Yet emerging research has suggested that distinctive forms of citizenship are becoming associated with the global countryside. This chapter examines the significance of citizenship to rural geography and how understandings of rurality contribute to our knowledge of citizenship. It explores how rural citi...

The family dinner is an important social event that contributes to children's growth as active citizens in their community. This sociological study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to study the family meal and finds that this meal is strongly correlated with the development of social cohesion and strong relationships among family members. There are many obstacles to achieving the ...

This article examines the relationship between the legal status of citizenship and psychological research about blended identity in diverse societies such as Australia. A blended identity could include Australian national identity as well as other identities relevant to a person’s selfdefinition. Analysing the link between citizenship law and the psychological enjoyment of blended identity is i...

This article analyses the relationship between gender, sexuality and citizenship embedded in models of citizenship in the Global South, specifically in South Asia, and the meanings associated with having - or not having - citizenship. It does this through an examination of women's access to citizenship in Nepal in the context of the construction of the emergent nation state in the 'new' Nepal '...

In two of the busiest migration corridors of the twentieth century, namely Mexico-US and Turkey-Germany, migrants can today be dual citizens. However, the acceptance of dual citizenship did not occur automatically; instead, it followed a period of legal statuses short of full citizenship. This paper conceptualises such statuses as quasi-citizenship, a transitional equilibrium between the absenc...