Semi Citizenship Democratic Politic

Download or read book Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics written by Elizabeth F. Cohen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the concept of semi-citizenship into debates about individuals who hold some but not all elements of full democratic citizenship. Cohen uses theoretical analysis, historical examples, and contemporary cases of semi-citizenship to illustrate how divergent normative and governmental doctrines of citizenship make semi-citizenship inevitable in democratic politics.