My personal definition of citizenship is to be formally bound to a community that you have a relationship with and thus granted certain rights and freedoms. Even though both definitions differ in their ways, they both touch on some of the main ideals of citizenship. So now with the comparisons of our views brought into the conversation, I will dive deeper into my interviewee’s views and how they can relate to the idea of citizenship and public…
Cultural Identity is the combined values and characteristics that shape how an individual perceives themselves. An individual's role in society can be affected by how others perceive the individual based on the values associated with his or her cultural identity. As shown in A.S. King and Mireya Navarro’s writing, the cultural elements of social organization and customs and traditions affect an individual’s role in society. Customs and traditions affect how an individual and society interact with each other. Customs are often particular to a culture and can have certain meanings depending on which culture the custom is from.…
Merriam-Webster defines citizenship as “the qualities that a person is expected to have as a responsible member of a community”. These are very important in our world; they are the one of the foundations of democracy. Citizenship is comprised of leadership, service, and character. Citizenship is a very extensive word. It means anything from honesty to a thirst for justice.…
Citizenship is a status given by a government to some or all of its people. Rome gave citizenship to most of its people, whereas Athens gave citizenship very few of its people. The Roman government was more lenient to its population 45,000,000 people. The Roman government had a system set up for those who were foreigners and wanted to become citizens. The Romans may have been lenient, but they had limits for citizens too.…
To me, my American citizenship is very special, since I was not born in this country I had to work very hard to earn the right to be called an American citizen. Becoming a citizen has been one of the most important decisions I have made in my life. Being an American citizen comes with many privileges, for example, being able to vote on important issues. Along with the right to vote, being a citizen also comes with the responsibility of participating on a panel of juries, which is a major responsibility in my opinion. Finally, my cultural background has played a large role in shaping the meaning of my citizenship, coming from a country where its citizens have very little say in choosing their leaders I feel privileged to call myself an American.…
When hearing the word citizen, what comes to your mind? Do you think about the rights you have, or do you think of the duties you should uphold? A citizen is someone who fulfills his or her duties in a community, state, or country. When talking about the word "citizen", we should often talk about "citizenship" also. As a popular dictionary defines it, citizenship is when a person is to be under the laws as a citizen of the state.…
In chapter 9 of The Good Citizen, Russell Dalton (2009) compares the effects of the shift in citizenship norms in the United States and in the other advanced industrial democracies based on three political aspects: participation, tolerance and democratic values. Two couple of terms of duty based citizenship and engaged citizen are consistently used in this chapter to illustrate the changes in political cultures of not only the America but also other advanced democratic countries. Duty based citizenship poses images of the individuals who conservatively believe that heavy-duty activities such as voting, paying tax or obeying the law would be measurement of a healthy democracy (Dalton, 2009). Meanwhile, engaged citizenship is grouping people who get involved in politics in more assertive approaches which tend to pose more challenges to their…
My understanding of Cultural Competence is that is something that is constantly changing and evolving – there is always something different and more that can be learnt and reflected upon. We can’t presume to know everything about another culture and it is sometimes difficult to navigate through what information will be relevant or interesting to the children looking at a certain culture. There is a lot of information coming at both the children and the educators and they have to present it in a ways that children can experience the difference in this culture to their own in a positive way, there are many different ways to present a culture and the main thing children need to know is to be aware of their own world view – there is no single…
“My Responsibility to America” Citizenship is what connects all Americans. We are a nation that is not judged by race or religion, but praised for the shared values of freedom, liberty, and equality. Throughout our history, the United States has welcomed newcomers from all over the world. The contributions of native-born Americans and immigrants have helped shape and define the country we know today. More than 200 years after we declared our independence naturalized citizens are still an important part of our democracy.…
Start to divide what is the signs of citizenship also the dis-citizenship. Base on the article, if we need to understand the citizenship of integration, then must know the superdiversity create what level of polycentricity in our society. Vertovec…
My citizenship is made up of my family, volleyball team, school, my faith, and where I live. With all this in mind I can think about what citizenship actually means to me. Citizenship means that I can express myself in everything I do. I can just be myself at school, at home, and with my family. No one can take that away from me.…
There is a topical ongoing debate in society about whether citizenship is becoming an outdated notion in the 21st century. Citizenship refers to the “state of being vested with the rights, privileges and duties of a citizen” (Dictionary, 2016). In the last century, the concept of citizenship has altered drastically and in addition, there is now more then one type of citizenship in existence. Until the modern era arrived, there were only two types of citizenship; natural born or naturalised. A natural born citizen refers to “a citizen being born in the state and a naturalised citizen is a person whom moved to the country post-birth”…
He argues that there is no singular national identity and that citizenship is the unifying force of society. Although both authors raise practical arguments,…
During the 21st century during the election of 2016 the number of application for citizenship has increased, is this due to the candidates we will be voting for or for the benefits of being a citizen. With the increase of the applications for citizenship we see that many residence in the United States have taken in consideration what is being said about their ethnicity, social status, culture and religion and others are taking in consideration their benefits of being able to get disability, retirement, and for many students able to get financial aid. Citizenship is defined as the status of a person under the law as a legal member of the sovereign state. Citizenship was originally for the protection of the residence of the city, but within…
On Citizens Citizenship can be defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. ” I do not completely agree with this definition. I think a citizen is someone who, for example, does service for their community, pays taxes or anything else that supports the community or country in which they live. So if someone’s actions do not benefit their community, I don’t consider them a citizen; but if someone’s actions do benefit their community, I do consider them a citizen. Could you still be considered a citizen if you do all these things without being a legal citizen?…