...Carol L. Schmid Purpose – The purpose of this article is to critically examine two possible solutions to the lack of citizenship rights of children who lack documentation. Many industrialized countries must deal with undocumented children who have resided in the country most of their lives...

... accounts) and amalgamation of social protection on the other (in life‐course savings schemes). Design/methodology/approach This study is theoretically based on the combination of three concepts which allow changes in social citizenship to be analyzed by means of social policy change and changes...

... scheme based in the UK using a mixed method, predominantly qualitative approach that integrates theory and practice. Findings The paper finds that citizenship actions of front‐line public sector employees, working in partnership with other agencies in the community, embody the essence of Walzer's...

...Jon Burchell; Joanne Cook; Colin W. Morgan; Jon Burchell Purpose This paper seeks to understand the views of employees in a UK company on an employee vounteering (ESV) scheme. It further seeks to advance theory in this area by integrating organisational identity (OI) and organisational citizenship...

...Jon Burchell; Joanne Cook; Luis Moreno Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on those “meeting points” and “encountering places” where the action of individuals, families, corporations, NGOs and public policies can optimize the advancement of social citizenship within the European...

... of a welfare state (Fukuyama, 2007 , p. 3). The emphasis on individuality rather than the solidarity of a welfare state is the exact antithesis of the European model, as suggested in the varieties of capitalism literature (Hall and Lindholm, 2001). This leads to economic conceptions of citizenship based...

...). Jørgen Elm Larsen can be contacted at: joergen.elm.larsen@sociology.ku.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Citizenship Denmark Empowerment Ethnic groups One day in January 2006, Danes woke up to see their flag being burnt in countries whose names only some had heard about...

... professional scholars as advocates for an oppressed group. Originality/value This paper provides a sociological context for interpreting routine imputations of agency in social scientific and humanist scholarship. Citizenship Elderly people To social gerontologists, “agency” appears to mean...

.... This politicisation of the economy is discussed in terms of the movement's foregrounding of democracy and citizenship, and it is argued that the articulation of these two concepts may offer interesting points of departure for conceptualising and practising alternatives to consumer capitalism. Originality/value...

...Liam Concannon Purpose Central to the notion of citizenship is equality, social inclusion and social justice, yet heterosexual constructions of citizenship continue to privilege. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between citizenship, social policy and sexual identity...