PSC 436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Public Participation
5 Nov 2017
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Meaning of citizenship is open to interpretation, as is the meaning that is applied in. Origins: plato/aristotle debates about how a citizen should act. Citizenship: what people feel is expected of them as good citizens . Citizenship: a shared set of expectations about a citizen"s political role important norm, but then not be tolerant) Norms and behaviors do not always correlate (someone can believe tolerance is an. This study does not focus on legal aspects of citizenship. Initial framework from aristotle: citizens balance ruling and being ruled. Public participation: defining element of being a citizen in a democracy. Less involvement arguably weakens democracy and citizenship norms (counter-position is that americans are just involved in different ways) Social citizenship: relation to others in the polity--taking care of others in need (social services, social right, an ethical obligation to others) Democratic citizenship requires all three elements in balance. Survey asked respondents to rate how important different norms were to being a good.
