The problematic history of democratic citizenship

Authors

  • John Markoff University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.64

Keywords:

Elections, democracy, citizenship, political rights

Abstract

This article studies the relationship between the growing of democratic principle and the construction of the idea of citizenship, analyzing the connection between democracy and social processes, the increase of political rights and the changes in the electoral systems.

Submission date: 12/03/2005
Acceptance date: 27/04/2005

Author Biography

John Markoff, University of Pittsburgh

Profesor de Sociología, Historia, y Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de Pittsburgh. Entre sus libros se encuentran: The Abolition Of Feudalism: Peasants, Lords And Legislators In The French Revolution (1996) y Olas De Democracia: Movimientos Sociales y Cambio Político (1999). Actualmente trabaja con Verónica Montecinos en un estudio de los economistas en los países latinoamericanos.

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Issue

No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

Section

The historical construction of citizenship

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