ABSTRACT
Citizenship is not only about citizens’ ability to influence the situation of the polities to which they belong, but also about their ability to control their own personal situation in everyday life. Although the efforts of citizens to exercise influence over their personal situation does not amount to political participation as defined in this book (see Chapter 13), it is nevertheless an important aspect of citizenship in its own right. In addition, it may have important implications for other, more directly political, realms of citizenship, e.g. by having a spill-over effect on political participation.
