Supranational citizenship

<p>Can we conceptualise a kind of citizenship that need not be of a nation-state but might be of a variety of political frameworks? Bringing together political theory with debates about European integration international relations and the changing nature of citizenship this book available at last in paperback offers a coherent and innovative theorisation of a citizenship independent of any specific form of political organisation. It relates that conception of citizenship to topical issues of the European Union: democracy and legitimate authority; non-national political community; and the nature of the supranational constitution. <br><br>The author argues that citizenship should no longer be seen as a status of privileged membership but instead as an institutional role enabling individuals' capacities to shape the context of their lives and promote the freedom and well-being of others. In doing so she draws on and develops ideas found in the work of the philosopher Alan Gewirth.</p>