The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship the World Over

by Rita Simon, Alison Brooks

Overview

In this eleventh volume in The World Over series, Simon and Brooks examine and compare the rights and responsibilities of citizenship across twenty-one countries. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. In addition to reporting on the rights that citizens enjoy in these countries, as for example the right to run for and hold public office, vote, obtain scholarships, and hold government positions, the authors also describe the responsibilities that are attached to the role of citizen_for example, to serve in the military, serve on a jury, and pay taxes. When available, Simon and Brooks report on public opinion data on how proud respondents are of the country in which they are citizens, as measured by such variables as whether they would rather be a citizen of their country over any other country in the world, how proud they are of their country's political influence in the world, how democracy works in their country, and whether they believe they should support their country even if it is in the wrong. Following a brief chapter on the history of citizenship, the book is organized such that the first section provides a country-by-country profile of each of the issues describing rights and responsibilities and reports on the public opinion data. The second part is explicity comparative and describes the countries against each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739132722
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	01/16/2009
Series:	Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Rita J. Simon is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University. Alison Brooks is a graduate student in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I: North America
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Canada
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: United States
Part 6 Part II: South America
Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Argentina
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Brazil
Part 9 Part III: Europe
Chapter 10 Chapter 5: Great Britain
Chapter 11 Chapter 6: France
Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Germany
Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Italy
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Sweden
Part 15 Part IV: The Russian Federation/Eastern Europe
Chapter 16 Chapter 10: Russia
Chapter 17 Chapter 11: Poland
Chapter 18 Chapter 12: Hungary
Part 19 Part V: Middle East
Chapter 20 Chapter 13: Egypt
Chapter 21 Chapter 14: Israel
Chapter 22 Chapter 15: Iran
Part 23 Part VI: Africa
Chapter 24 Chapter 16: Nigeria
Chapter 25 Chapter 17: South Africa
Part 26 Part VII: Asia
Chapter 27 Chapter 18: India
Chapter 28 Chapter 19: China
Chapter 29 Chapter 20: Japan
Part 30 Part VIII: Oceania
Chapter 31 Chapter 21: Australia
Chapter 32 Chapter 22: Comparative Analysis
Chapter 33 Chapter 23: Concluding Comments

Editorial Reviews

Through a series of astutely-crafted case studies, the authors focus on key aspects of citizenship policy to provide a balanced, comparative overview. These studies cover a remarkably wide range of different national contexts around the globe, and should be of interest to scholars, policy analysts, and students. Written with admirable lucidity, the analysis is incisive and richly informative. Given the formidable challenges that this kind of comparative research involves, the results are especially impressive. Overall, a first rate work of scholarship that will make a valuable contribution to the field.

Douglas Klusmeyer

Through a series of astutely-crafted case studies, the authors focus on key aspects of citizenship policy to provide a balanced, comparative overview. These studies cover a remarkably wide range of different national contexts around the globe, and should be of interest to scholars, policy analysts, and students. Written with admirable lucidity, the analysis is incisive and richly informative. Given the formidable challenges that this kind of comparative research involves, the results are especially impressive. Overall, a first rate work of scholarship that will make a valuable contribution to the field.--Douglas Klusmeyer, American University

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