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Citizenship
membership in a political community / legal member of a
sovereign state.
Greek ideas: equality under the law, civic participation in
government, power restrictions (Hosking, G., 2005)
to be truly human, one had to be an active citizen (Aristotle)
rights & duties: political participation, right to vote, right to
receive protection (Leary, V., 2000)
Classical/ civic humanist conception: citizenship as an active
process, not a passive state (Beiner, R., ed., 1995)
What is global citizenship?