Grandiose Citizenship and the Dialectic of the Citizen and the Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6239580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Paul Gagnon (0000-0003-3234-7319, University of Canberra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 625-629 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000842391700035x |
| OpenAlex | W2617882849 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Democracy depends on a competent citizenry. Individuals composing the citizenry, for instance, need to have the knowledge, skill set and disposition that will allow them to professionally engage their elected representatives, to deeply understand the characteristics of their polities, to meaningfully participate in the public sphere and, overall, to collectively embody a shared life observable to others as being democratic in its nature. Yet we are confronted with the realization that an institution of the citizenry, as here expressed, is not observable in any democracy. This reflects badly for practised democracies today. If anything it brings their democratic credentials into doubt
Citizenship · Democracy · Dialectic · Epistemology · Institution · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |