Citizenship and the Individual

Arthur Sementelli

Chapter 3 in Citizenship, 2009, pp 49-62 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over the years, the notions of citizenship and civic engagement have moved in and out of focus in discussions of public administration. While these carry a sort of abstract value based on the idea that citizenship and civic engagement are essentially ‘good,’ such a view could be understood as one side of a continuum. Such a continuum might also account for the notion of a knowledgeable self-actualized citizenship that can contribute to public-sector decision-making. The other side of the continuum might be described by Lippmann’s (2008) understanding of a phantom public, referring to an almost diametrically opposite view of citizenship when compared to the more prevalent, positive ones espoused by Box (1998, 2007), King and Stivers (1998), and others. Beneath the surface of each perspective on citizenship, there are corresponding conceptions of the individual, expressed as the self (or the subject), in line with the thoughts of Rawls (1971), Foucault (1977, 1980), and Lacan (Fink, 1995, 1996).

Keywords: Civic Engagement; Civic Virtue; Civic Education; Vintage Book; Grand Narrative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230244887_4

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