Citizenship and National Identity (eBook)
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John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-7783-5 (ISBN)
engaged in deciding their common future together. Bound together by
ties of national solidarity, they discover and implement principles
of justice that all can share, and in doing so they respect the
separate identities of minority groups within the community.
In the essays collected in this book, David Miller shows that such
an ideal is not only desirable, but feasible. He explains how
active citizenship on the republican model differs from liberal
citizenship, and why it serves disadvantaged groups better than
currently fashionable forms of identity politics. By deliberating
freely with one another, citizens can reach decisions on matters of
public policy that are both rational and fair. He couples this with
a robust defence of the principle of nationality, arguing that a
shared national identity is necessary to motivate citizens to work
together in the name of justice. Attempts to create transnational
forms of citizenship, in Europe and elsewhere, are therefore
misguided. He shows that the principle of nationality can
accommodate the demands of minority nations, and does not lead to a
secessionist free-for-all. And finally he demonstrates that
national self-determination need not be achieved at the expense of
global justice.
This is a powerful statement from a leading political theorist that
not only extends our understanding of citizenship, nationality and
deliberative democracy, but engages with current political debates
about identity politics, minority nationalisms and European
integration.
David Miller is Official Fellow in Social and Political Theory, Nuffield College, Oxford
Introduction.
1. Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice.
2. In Defence of Nationality.
3. Citizenship and Pluralism.
4. Group Identities, National Identities and Democratic
Politics.
5. Bounded Citizenship.
6. Communitarianism, Left, Right and Centre.
7. Secession and the Principle of Nationality.
8. Nationality in Divided Societies.
9. Is Deliberative Democracy Unfair to Disadvantaged
Minorities?.
10. National Self-Determination and Global Justice.
Notes.
Index.
'Miller's book presents a tightly knit theory which engages with
many of the most topical concerns of political philosophers. His
arguments are characteristically powerful and analytically
sophisticated ... Constantly stimulating, the book is a model of
lucidity, suitable for students as well as researchers.'
Political Studies
'Miller's essays are worthy updated to sociological work on
citizenship done in the 1950s and 1960s ... and they also provide
measured responses to some of the less measured writings on
subnational identity.' Choice
'In my view, Miller's eloquent defence of nation-based
republican citizenship is among the best currently available.'
Daniel A. Bell, Times Literary Supplement
'It approaches the themes of citizenship and nationality from
numerous perspectives ... a commendable collection.' The Ethnic
Conflict Research Digest
'This is a valuable addition to Miller's valuable corpus. His
complex but generally unified theory of politics has genuine
differences with most others on the academic scene. In
Citizenship and National Identity Miller maes the case for
the theory's unity and politely but vigourously engages with its
rivals. Both ascpects of the the collection help clarify the shape
and scope of his intellectual project.' American Political
Science Review
'David Miller's book surely deserves very serious attention: it
has to be read, debated and the argument must be prolongued.
Devoting extremely stimulating pages on the way by which cultural
difference can be understood; refusing any kind of stigmatising
image of ethno-cultural diversity; opening the debate for a renewal
of the republican conception of the polity; highlighting the
complexity as well as the diversity of national phenomena;
problematising altogether these issues with a strong theory of
citizenship: Citizenship and National Identity enters
directly centre stage of the current debate about the meaning of
contemporary democratic membership. It really concerns all social
and political scientists who are part of this debate, from a huge
range of disciplines and perspectives. There is no doubt that this
book is likely to become a reference. Innovation - The European
Journal of Social Science Research
"In Citizenship and National Identity Miller makes the case for
the theory's unity and politely but vigorously engages with its
rivals. Both aspects of the collection help clarify the shape and
scope of his intellectual project." American Political Science
Review
"Miller's book contains some clesr, well-ordenened discussions
of the claims of global justice, the limits of secession, and the
nature of deliberative democracy. His discussion of 'nested
nationalities' ... is a welcome addition to the literature of
political philosophy on nationality." David Archard,
Contemporary Political Theory
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.6.2013 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
Schlagworte | Moderne Politiktheorie • Modern Political Theory • Political Philosophy & Theory • Political Science • Politikwissenschaft • Politische Philosophie u. Politiktheorie |
ISBN-10 | 0-7456-7783-5 / 0745677835 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7456-7783-5 / 9780745677835 |
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