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Redefining citizenship for the 21st century: from the National Welfare State to the UN Global Compact
Author(s) -
Wagner Antonin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2004.00323.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , civil society , welfare state , globalization , state (computer science) , political science , immigration , national identity , sociology , position (finance) , global citizenship , political economy , corporate governance , identity (music) , nation state , welfare , public administration , law , politics , economics , physics , finance , algorithm , computer science , acoustics
This article analyses the impact of globalisation on the changing role of citizenship as a state‐centred mechanism of societal integration. As more diverse forms of society emerged in the second half of the last century, national citizenship came under assault by identity‐based social groups from within. They function as integrative mechanisms for those members of society who diverge from the majority position and are committed to replace the nation‐state as the dominant integrative device. From without, vast movements of peoples across borders in search of jobs and refuge constitute an even more serious challenge to the traditional notion of citizenship. With reference to the current EU debates about immigration and the idea of a UN Global Compact, the article explores principles of societal integration that transcend the boundaries of national citizenship and involve a governance paradigm built on civil society and voluntary action.