ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the trajectory of the concept of citizenship in its manifold dimensions and ramifications in modernity, bringing out its main worldwide concrete incarnations. Marshall's and Marx's definitions are discussed, but an effort is made to cover the most relevant global literature on the subject. It is argued that although modernity has become a catchphrase lately, it is increasingly threatened by recent developments in terms of what may be called social liberalism, which seats comfortably with the present pattern of global capitalist accumulation and neoliberalism. Finally, against these recent developments, the emancipatory potential of citizenship is briefly accessed.
