Introduction
PART ONE: DEFINITIONS AND DEBATES
The State
Democracy
PART TWO: BARRIERS TO A DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP
State and Nationalism
Gender and Violence
Capitalism, Class and Social Rights
Participation
Globalization
PART THREE: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship, Democracy and Emancipation
The Problem of Agency and Realization
Conclusion

This text provides an accessible guide to the theories and debates that surround the key political concepts of state, citizenship, and democracy today. John Hoffman reviews the modern development of these concepts from the classic texts of Marx and Weber to the post-war critiques of the feminist, multicultural and critical theorists and considers the on-going barriers to a full realisation of a democratic citizenship.