1st Global Conference: The Citizen in the 21st Century (February 2013, Sydney, Australia
1st Global Conference
The Citizen in the 21st Century
Monday 4th February – Wednesday 6th February 2013
Sydney, Australia
Call for Presentations:
n its most basic conceptualisation, citizenship is thought of as the rights and responsibilities that an individual has, and is owed to, a national government. The political concept of 'citizenship', however, is one that has been contested from its very beginning: from above, it has been a mechanism of control and surveillance; while from below, it is has been used as a tool for resistance and claims for rights and representation.