内容简介
Asignificantadditiontothegrowingbodyofliteratureoncitizenship,thiswide–rangingoverviewfocusesontheimportance,andchangingnature,ofcitizenship.Itintroducesthevarieddiscoursesandtheoriesthathaveariseninrecentyears,andlookstowardfuturescholarshipinthefield.Offersananalyticalassessmentofthevariousthematicdiscoursesandprovidesguidanceinpullingtogetherthosediscretethemesintoalarger,morecomprehensiveframeworkIdentifiesthefourbroadlyconceivedthemesthatshapethemanydiscoursesoncontemporarycitizenship–inclusion,erosion,withdrawal,andexpansionIncludesathoroughintroductiontothesubject
作者简介
PeterKivistoisRichardSwansonProfessorofSocialThoughtandProfessorandChairofSociologyatAugustanaCollege.HeistheauthorofImmigrantSocialistsintheUnitedStates(1984),ForDemocracy(1993),andAmericansAll(1995),andistheeditorofTheEthnicEnigma(1989)andMulticulturalismintheUnitedStates(2000).DrKivistoisalsotheeditorofTheSociologicalQuarterly.ThomasFaistisProfessorofTransnationalRelationsandDevelopmentStudiesattheFacultyofSociologyatBielefeldUniversity.HeistheauthorofTheVolumeandDynamicsofInternationalMigrationandTransnationalSocialSpaces(2000),TransnationalSocialSpaces(2004),andThePoliticsofDualCitizenshipinEurope(2007).Hecurrentlydirectsaprojectontransnationalmigrationanddevelopment.HeistheDeputyEditorofTheSociologicalQuarterly.