Assembling Citizenship in Austere Times

  • Samuel Kirwan
  • Morag McDermont
  • John Clarke
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Abstract

As neoliberalism has been assembled and reassembled in its many forms, citizenship has remained a constant object of its attention as a focal point through which economic, social and political relations can be reimagined and re-configured. We trace diverse attempts by neoliberal political projects to reassemble citizenship in the Global North and in the UK in particular. Drawing on a study of voluntary advice work in the UK (Citizens Advice), we explore how citizenship is being reassembled in the context of a citizen-to-citizen network of advice-giving. How are conceptions of citizenship negotiated in the face of the disassembling of citizenship in politics and policy? The study points to a complex field of negotiation, raising issues of theory and practice in everyday sites and relationships.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial Corporation Specialist Adviser Political Project National Question Emergent Formation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Samuel Kirwan
    • 1
  • Morag McDermont
    • 2
  • John Clarke
    • 3
  1. 1.Law SchoolUniversity of ExeterExeterUK
  2. 2.Law SchoolUniversity of BristolBristolUK
  3. 3.Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesThe Open UniversityMilton KeynesUK

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