Citizenship and Social Rights The Interdependence of Self and Society [Paperback]

Twine demonstrates that two concepts are essential to an understanding of the issue of citizenship: the socially embedded nature of human agents, and their interdependence both with each other and with the natural and social worlds they inhabit. Twine emphasizes the social nature of individual needs and individual rights. He shows that interdependence is not limited to the mutual linkages within advanced industrial societies, but extends both to the relations between advanced and developing nations and to the environmental contexts of human existence.This broad-ranging text offers an analysis of the idea of citizenship and its relevance to social problems and social policies in advanced industrial societies.

Twine demonstrates that two concepts are essential to an understanding of the issue of citizenship: the socially embedded nature of human agents, and their interdependence both with each other and with the natural and social worlds they inhabit. Twine emphasizes the social nature of individual needs and individual rights. He shows that interdependence is not limited to the mutual linkages within advanced industrial societies, but extends both to the relations between advanced and developing nations and to the environmental contexts of human existence.PART ONE: SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE: A BASIS FOR SOCIAL RIGHTS
Self and Society
The Development of the `Social Self'
Labour Markets and Interdependence
The Kinds of People We Are Able To Be
Lifecourse Interdependence
The Social Connections and Networks of Life
PART TWO: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERDEPENDENCE
The Sustainability of the Means to Life
GNP and the Mis-measure of Progress