Citizenship A Reality Far From Ideal [Paperback]

This unique collection of original works examines the relationship between citizen and state. Nine insightful contributions range from a transnational analysis of the corrosive influence of wealth elites on the functioning of the state, to models of state and citizen governance, to contrasting philosophies of citizenship.Introduction; A.P.Kakabadse & N.K.Kakabadse Postmodern Citizenship: Logic and Praxis in State and Identity; K.N.Kalu Global Governance Consideration for World Citizenship; N.Kakabadse & A.Kakabadse Citizenship and the Individual; A.Sementelli Citizenship, the Public Interest and Governance; J.Dixon & M.Hyde When 'Good' Citizens Say No: Bad Laws and Law-abidingness; W.D.Richardson Reconceptualizing Citizenship and Identity: Contextual and Attitudinal Responses Towards State and Civic Obligation in the United Kingdom; N.Kakabadse , A.Kakabadse & K.N.Kalu The Citizen and the State: A Progressively Subversive, State Determined, and ICT Mediated Relationship; N.Kakabadse & A.Kakabadse Council-Manager Government at 100: Facilitative Governance and Citizenship Ethics in the Administrative State; V.Vogelsang-Coombe , L.F.Keller & S.Murray Does the Notion of 'Corporate Citizenship' Make Sense?; Y.Pesqueux

'An outstanding and critical summation of citizenship, a definite for all in public policy and administration.' - Professor Farhad Analoui, Professor, International Development& Human Resource Management, Bradford University, UK

'This distinguished collection of papers gives us realistic food for thought about the endless tension between citizen and state.' - Professor Yury Blagov, Director, Centre for Corporate Social responsibility, Graduate School of Management, St.Petersburg State University, Russia

'A critical guide on how to position citizenship today. A definite buy.' - Baroness Maggie Jones, House of Lords, UK

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