ABSTRACT
This book shows how citizenship and its dimensions have been shaped and challenged in different settings in contemporary Europe in, and by, theory, debate and practice. It discusses themes that have both contemporary as well as historical relevance, such as inclusion, exclusion, and intersectionality and their implications in terms of access, rights, duties and the active content of citizenship. The book draws conclusions about the shifting conceptions of citizenship and their implications for the changes in the idea of the political community and particularly the role of nation states as scenes of citizenship. It also shows how ambiguous, contradictory and changing the concept of citizenship indeed is, hence emphasising the concept as a locus of controversy. The book indicates that changing political contexts and realities influence how citizenship is politically contested. It manifests how the concept of citizenship gets new meanings and usages particularly in the relocations of citizenship.
