Citizenship, social theory, and social change

Abstract

The concept of citizenship -the nature of the citizen status and role, its rights, duties, and powers, and the nature of the community of citizens -is much used but little analyzed in social policy analysis. And, outside of political philosophy, it is surprisingly little used or analyzed in social theory in general. Some of the reasons for the relative neglect may have to do with the assumptions that ground the enterprise of political sociology and that render it, unlike "political economy," merely a department of sociology rather than a general version of social theory. These assumptions tend to hold that political phenomena like states, citizens, and their activities are dependent variables that can be understood and explained by reference to deeper historical and social forces. In the classic tradition of the social theory, social changes in the mode of production (Marx), in the rationalization process (Weber), and in the development of the division of labor (Durkheim) have all been used to explain political phenomena. Sociology's underlying suspicion of eighteenth century "bourgeois" individualism and contractarian political philosophy tends to be carried over against the notion of the citizen that may be assumed to embody them. Thus political sociology tends, when examining the political phenomena of citizen's actions, struggles and movements, to reveal their impotence, dependency, and in any case their ignorance, in respect of the powers of such phenomena as the state's bureaucracy, the ruling groups and elites, dominant and mystifying ideologies, and ultimately socioeconomic forces.Howeve;, the political action of citizens can be analyzed as having greater potential rationality and power than such accounts display. And both citizens and states can be treated analytically as having considerable and arguably increasing relative autonomy from economic forces. In this discussion of citizenship this relative autonomy of citizenship and its context will be as much a focus as their relative dependency on socioeco- Theory and Society 16:363-399 (1987) 9 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht -Printed in the Netherlands

Education as a citizenship right‐a concept in transition: Sweden related to other Western democracies and political philosophy1

“…Individuals are the locus of action, isolated atoms driven by self-interest, related in particular to a market system without any social dimension (Roche 1987). What kind of community is education for the private good aimed at?…”

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“…Turner (1993) suggests that the concept of citizenship is a modern concept and continuous, and it was developed out of a peculiar conjuncture of cultural and structural conditions which may be peculiar to the west (Roche, 1987). This idea of citizenship was based on western idea of colonialism and monetarism.…”

TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP TO ARCHITECTURE & BUILT ENVIRONMENT: A METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW

“…This is because civil citizenship is a recognition that is given on paper (Turner, 1993) that is fulfilling emotionally but does not fulfil their way of life and sense of belonging towards their home country. Social citizenship is a medium of expression that is expressed at urban level translating the sense of belonging and individual expressions to the acceptance of the locals (Turner, 1993;Roche, 1987). This research is based on historical implication to the built environment through the understanding about of culture, ethnicity and historical values (Roche, 1987).…”

“…Social citizenship is a medium of expression that is expressed at urban level translating the sense of belonging and individual expressions to the acceptance of the locals (Turner, 1993;Roche, 1987). This research is based on historical implication to the built environment through the understanding about of culture, ethnicity and historical values (Roche, 1987). It will contribute to the understanding of different cultures in different settings and how they integrate and accepted in the country (Pakulski, 2007;Roche, 1987).…”

“…This research is based on historical implication to the built environment through the understanding about of culture, ethnicity and historical values (Roche, 1987). It will contribute to the understanding of different cultures in different settings and how they integrate and accepted in the country (Pakulski, 2007;Roche, 1987). Accordingly, the focus of the paper is to describe the research designs, methods and procedures employed to understand the translation of social citizenship to architecture and the built environment.…”