Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America

Carol McNamara; Trevor Shelley

doi:10.5771/9781666900682

Summary

The purpose of this volume is to discuss the concept of citizenship—in terms of its origins, its meanings, and its contemporary place and relevance in American democracy, and within a global context. The authors in this collection wrestle with the connection of citizenship to major tensions between liberty and equality, dynamism and stability, and civic disagreement and social cohesion. The essays also raise fundamental questions about the relationship between citizenship and leadership, and invite further reflection on the features of citizenship and civic leadership under the American Constitution. Finally, this collection offers various suggestions about how to revitalize citizenship and civic leadership through an education that is conducive to a renewal of American civic practices and institutions.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0067-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0068-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 310
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
1. Aristotle on Citizenship, the Common Good, and Human Happiness No access
2. On Liberal Citizenship No access
3. Fragmentary Wholes No access
1. “Is There No Virtue Among Us?” No access
2. Virtue and Self-Government No access
3. A Political Science of Mores No access
1. The Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clauses No access
2. American Citizenship and the Constitution No access
3. “So Terrible Among Men” No access
1. ‌‌Nationalism and Citizenship* No access
2. Globalization’s Nationalist Future No access
3. Nationalism Won’t Enhance National Unity No access
4. Can Dual Citizenship Be Equal Citizenship? No access
5. Legalize Undocumented Immigrants No access
1. Relations Before Transactions No access
2. Debating Citizenship No access
3. Race and the American Experiment No access
4. Microaggressions and the Public Good No access
5. Educating Citizen Van Winkle No access
1. Putting the US Constitution in Its Place No access
2. The Constitution in the Civic Education of Americans No access
Index No access Pages 291 - 304
About the Contributors No access Pages 305 - 310