Pykett, Jessica; Saward, Michael and Schaefer, Anja
(2010).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00424.x |
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Abstract
This article interrogates the norms of good citizenship invoked in and across different social domains, using the example of citizenship education in the UK as one field in which good citizenship is constituted. It is possible to make visible the political struggle inherent in the mechanisms of framing the good citizen by unpacking the differences between citizenship as acts, status and virtues. This is a necessary step in assessing good citizenship claims in the absence of moral and political absolutes. We deploy a two-tiered account of Butler’s theory of performativity to examine how ordinary citizenship acts are preceded by elite rhetorical framing. We conclude that citizenship, like democracy, is always enacted in particular contexts in which positioning, method and motives play an important part.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 The Authors, 2010 British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2010 Political Studies Association |
| ISSN: | 1467-856X |
| Keywords: | citizenship norms; performativity; context; virtues |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Social Sciences > Geography Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies Open University Business School |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) |
| Item ID: | 23723 |
| Depositing User: | Michael Saward |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2010 11:55 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2012 14:27 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/23723 |
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