Community as the Material Basis of Citizenship: The Unfinished Story of American Democracy

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-37210-1
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

Community as the Material Basis of Citizenship addresses community as the site of participation, production, and rights of citizens and brings to bear a profound critique of a collective process that has historically excluded working class communities and communities of color from any real governance. The argument is that the status of citizenship has been influenced by a society that emphasizes the role of property in defining legitimacy and power and therefore idealizes and institutionalizes citizenship from an individualistic perspective. This system puts the onus on the individual citizen to participate in their governance, while the political reality is that organizations and corporations and their interests have great power to influence and govern. The chapters present an exciting departure from the long-standing traditions of the social basis of citizenship. In Community as the Material Basis of Citizenship, Rodolfo Rosales and his contributors argue that citizenship is a communally embedded and/or socially constituted phenomenon. Hence, the unfinished story of American Democracy is not in the equalization of communities but rather in their ability to participate in their own governance – in their empowerment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosales, Rodolfo

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction [Rodolfo Rosales] 2. The Dialectics of Citizenship and Community [Rodolfo Rosales] 3. Lost in Migration?: On Comitatus, Community, and Citizenship [Louis Mendoza] 4. Setting the Stage: A Top-down Perspective on Factors that divide Democratic Citizenship [Carol Yoder and Christina Verzijl] 5. Dishonored Citizenry: Black Women, Civic Virtue, and Electoral Powers [Joy A. James] 6. Transborder Political Subjectivity and Enacted Citizenship: Toward the End of the Neoliberal ‘State of Exception’? [Devon G. Peña] 7. No Nos Moveran: Embodying Buen Vivir in the Case of Mission Trails Mobile Home Community [Marisol Cortez] 8. Citizenship and Sovereignty: The Eternal Conflict Between Rights and Community [Deron Marquez] 9. Sovereigns or Citizens? The Paradox of Indigenous Self-Determination [Rebecca Tsosie] 10. Asian Americans: the Challenge of Citizenship Status and Building Community [Kim Geron and Danvy Le] 11. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Rodolfo Rosales, author of The Illusion of Inclusion: The Untold Political Story of San Antonio, 1950 to 1991. (2000) and co-editor of Latino Urban Agency (2013) with Sharon Navarro, obtained his Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Michigan, and retired from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Rosales’ theoretical research focuses on the relationship between the structure and agency of communities and their struggle to shape their urban environment.