Citizenship, Civil Society and Development

Interconnections in a Global World

• Author(s): Tiina Kontinen, Henri Onodera,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 112
• ISBN_10: 1317574338
  ISBN_13: 9781317574330
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / Globalization , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Human Rights , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism , Law / Corporate , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Technology & Engineering / Military Science , Social Science / Regional Studies , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Philosophy / Political ,

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The book investigates the intersection of citizenship, civil society, and development in today’s global world. The multi-disciplinary collection considers the notion of citizenship in connection with the neoliberal development agendas, participation, security discourses and legal environments. The contributions analyse the development-citizenship nexus grounded in empirical work in African, Latin American, European and global contexts. The book opens exciting avenues to reflect on the notion of citizenship and explores the following pertinent questions: Does citizenship matter for development research? Do international development policy and practice promote certain normative registers for how people should make sense of their social relations and, in particular, how they relate to public authorities? What are their responses? Contributors from various academic backgrounds, such as anthropology, law, and political science, affirm the importance of citizenship for the study of contemporary development processes. Chapters provide empirical analysis of the processes of water privatization in Ghana, the promulgation of new ‘NGO Law’ in Ethiopia, environmental politics in former Yugoslavia, and the global interconnections between the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement. The book is relevant for students and scholars of political science and development studies as well as development practitioners globally.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Civil Society.