The Anthropology of Citizenship

The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations and cutting-edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, within local, national, and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen’s relationship with the state.

Introduces a range of exciting and innovative approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world.

Provides essential readings for students and researchers who wish to gain an understanding of citizenship practices, and an individual’s relationship with the state in a global context.

Offers an anthropological perspective on citizenship, the self, and political agency, with a focus on interactions between citizens and the state in areas such as education, law, development, and immigration policy.

Equips students with an understanding of the theoretical foundations of citizenship, as characterised by liberal and civic republican ideas of political belonging and exclusion.

Explores how citizenship is constructed at different scales and in diverse spaces.

Highlights twenty-five key writings that define what is a new and vibrant subfield within politics and anthropological research.