Academic Catalog

SOC570 CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIETY

Course Code: 2320570
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. MESUT YEÐEN
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

A brief history of citizenship. Main contours of citizenship. Citizenship as membership; citizenship and political community. Citizenship as status; citizenship rights. Citizenship as participation. Liberal, communitarian and republican approaches to citizenship. Transformation of political community and citizenship today. New modalities of citizenship. Citizenship in the European Union.