Notes on the concept of citizenship

Abstract

This article analyses the concept of citizenship based on three major theoretical lines: Mars­hall theory about the rights of citizenship; the Tocqueville/Durkheim approach on civic cul­ture; and the Marxist Gramsci theory on civil society. The relationship among citizenship, ci­vil society and public space is thus approached.A second part deals with the citizenship issue from the viewpoint of liberalism and of some of its major criticisms. The communitarian, social-democrat, nationalist, multiculturalist, fe­minist as well as the multiple citizenship perspective are then analysed.