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The Citizenship Dialectic, Ediberto Roman
The Citizenship Dialectic, Ediberto Roman
Ediberto Roman
Excerpt: Although over thirty years ago a leading constitutionalist declared that the
concept of citizenship is of little significance in American constitutional
law, the last two decades have witnessed what several writers have declared
"an explosion of interest in the concept of citizenship. The renewed
theoretical focus was sparked by recent world-wide political events and
trends including, but not limited to, increasing voter apathy and long-term
welfare dependency in the United States, the resurgence of nationalist
movements in Eastern Europe, and the stresses created by increasingly
multicultural and multiracial populations in Western Europe. Recent events
suggest that scholarly interest will …