Citizenship and community
Abstract “Citizenship” is a complex concept. It is usually considered as an individual’s relationship to a nation-state, the duties, obligations and rights that come with residence in a given polity. However, historically, “citizenship” was concerned with the community or city state, the word (from...
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description | Abstract “Citizenship” is a complex concept. It is usually considered as an individual’s relationship to a nation-state, the duties, obligations and rights that come with residence in a given polity. However, historically, “citizenship” was concerned with the community or city state, the word (from civis) implies this. This paper argues that this local vision of the concept is still vitally important and one’s emotional links to larger institution are usually stronger with the local community than with the nation, especially in countries such as Brazil where national feelings were never strong. |
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spelling | doaj.art-8f9f25af3fd544bea5fd916a98933d9a2022-12-22T02:40:11ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulHorizontes Antropológicos1806-99831999-05-0151017520110.1590/S0104-71831999000100008S0104-71831999000100175Citizenship and communityRobert W. ShirleyAbstract “Citizenship” is a complex concept. It is usually considered as an individual’s relationship to a nation-state, the duties, obligations and rights that come with residence in a given polity. However, historically, “citizenship” was concerned with the community or city state, the word (from civis) implies this. This paper argues that this local vision of the concept is still vitally important and one’s emotional links to larger institution are usually stronger with the local community than with the nation, especially in countries such as Brazil where national feelings were never strong.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-71831999000100175&lng=en&tlng=encidadaniacomunidadeidentidadepolícia |
spellingShingle | Robert W. Shirley Citizenship and community Horizontes Antropológicos cidadania comunidade identidade polícia |
title | Citizenship and community |
title_full | Citizenship and community |
title_fullStr | Citizenship and community |
title_full_unstemmed | Citizenship and community |
title_short | Citizenship and community |
title_sort | citizenship and community |
topic | cidadania comunidade identidade polícia |
url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-71831999000100175&lng=en&tlng=en |
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