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The Culture of Citizenship

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The idea that the state has a duty to protect minority cultures has become so influential that cultural rights might seem a logical extension of T. H. Marshall's idea of citizenship rights; that is, the most recent set of rights to enable the citizen to be a fully participating member of the political community. This article takes the view, however, that citizens do not have cultural rights in the sense of rights to the protection of their minority cultures per se. Instead, we should consider how citizens have an entitlement to culture in the broadest sense, as a constituent of equal well-being. On this view, the state has a duty to enable its citizens to live well. Cultural enrichment may require the protection of endangered ways of life—such as those of minority cultures—but only if these cultures do not run afoul of citizens' equal well-being as autonomous individuals.

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  • Christine Sypnowich, 2000. "The Culture of Citizenship," Politics & Society, , vol. 28(4), pages 531-555, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:28:y:2000:i:4:p:531-555
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329200028004005
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    1. Dimitry Kochenov, 2011. "Mevrouw de Jong Gaat Eten: EU Citizenship and the Culture of Prejudice," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 6, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).

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