Not only are the rights and obligations of citizens being redefined, but also what it means to be a citizen has become an issue of central concern. Social scientists have been rethinking the role of political agent or subject. Citizenship has thus become an increasingly important axis in the social sciences. This trend has echoed around the world: from the Zapatistas to Chechen and Kurdish nationalists, social and political movements are framing their struggles in the languages of rights and recognition, and hence, of citizenship. 'The contributions of Woodiwiss, Lister and Sassen are outstanding but not unrepresentative of the many merits of this excellent collection'- The British Journal of Sociology From women's rights, civil rights, and sexual rights for gays and lesbians to disability rights and language rights, we have experienced in the past few decades a major trend in Western nation-states towards new claims for inclusion.
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