Crafting citizenship:negotiating tensions in a modern society

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hurenkamp Menno 1971-
Group Author: Tonkens Evelina Hendrika 1961-; Duyvendak Jan Willem
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: viii, 176 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780230241541
0230241549
Index Number: D815
CLC: D815.7
Call Number: D815.7/H963
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feeling good, quarreling bad -- The construction of citizenship in public debate -- The delegitimation of political authority -- Individualization and the public interest -- Globalization and the culturalization of citizenship -- The three freedoms of the Dutch: the culturalization of citizenship in the Netherlands put in an international perspective -- Crafting citizenship.
"According to politics and the media, immigration and individualization drive citizens apart but in neighborhoods social life is often thriving, depending on the talents of particular citizens or of local institutions. This book examines new forms of active citizenship and the actual conditions that hinder social cohesion."--Publisher's website.