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Citizenship: Citizenship is the legal status of an individual as a recognized member of a particular nation or country. It confers certain rights and obligations, such as the right to vote, hold public office, and access public services, while also imposing responsibilities such as paying taxes and obeying the law. See also State (Polity), Citizens, Bourgois/Citoyen, Law, Rights, Political elections, Electoral systems, Taxation.
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Multiculturalism on Citizenship - Dictionary of Arguments

Gaus I 255
Citizenship/Multiculturalism/Kukathas: the question is, how can it be possible to admit
a diversity of people into a society, and allow (or even encourage) them to retain their own cultural traditions or customs, and still preserve a polity governed by, and respectful of the rights of, citizens united by a common allegiance? The dilemma is that the more robust the conception of citizenship, the less accommodating must the polity be of cultural diversity, to the extent that it cannot tolerate cultural traditions that do not value citizenship. The greater the diversity it wishes to admit, the weaker must be the demands of citizenship the polity imposes upon its members (Kukathas, 1993(1); 2003d(2): 72—5). Or citizenship may have to be rethought completely (Kymlicka and Norman, 1994(3); 2000a(4)). >Citizenship/Kymlicka
, cf. >Religion/Multiculturalism, >Customs/Multiculturalism, >cf. >Multiculturalism/Charles Taylor.

1. Kukathas, Chandran (1993) 'The idea of a multicultural society'. In Chandran Kukathas, ed., Multicultural Citizens: The Philosophy and Politics of Identity. St Leonards, NSW: Centre for Independent Studies, 19—30.
2. Kukathas, Chandran (2003d) 'Ethical pluralism from a classical liberal perspective'. In Richard Madsen and Tracy B. Strong, eds, The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 55-77.
4. Kymlicka, Will and Wayne Norman (1994) 'The return of the citizen'. Ethics, 104 (2): 352—81.
5. Kymlicka, Will and Wayne Norman (2000a) 'Citizenship in culturally diverse societies: issues, contexts, con- cepts'. In Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman, eds, Citizenship in Diverse Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1—41.

Kukathas, Chandran 2004. „Nationalism and Multiculturalism“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications

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The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Multiculturalism
Gaus I
Gerald F. Gaus
Chandran Kukathas
Handbook of Political Theory London 2004


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