ABSTRACT
When the word ‘citizenship’ is encountered in everyday conversations, it typically refers to polity membership. A person is described as having, for example, German citizenship, if he or she is formally a member of the state of Germany. The conception of citizenship that we outline below is much broader, yet intimately related to the use of the word in everyday parlance.1 The fact that, today, a person is ordinarily described as being a citizen rather than a subject of a certain country is not coincidental but intended to convey the notion that he or she enjoys full membership in the polity and an associated bundle of legal rights.
