Citizenship in a Globalizing World

Preface

A decade or two ago, it would have been inconceivable to introduce a full-length course on citizenship. Until recently, the study of citizenship has largely been confined as a constitutive element of democracy or restricted to the study of its genesis within the narrower focus of the evolution of constitutional law in a national setting. For many, it was—and still remains—unconventional to attempt anything similar to introducing a full-length course on citizenship, especially in undergraduate studies. It was equally uncommon to have someone speak of citizenship as his/her area of research interest in, say, the 1970s or 1980s. Now we see a growing interest among both scholars and students who wish to explore issues related to citizenship ...