CHAPTER 15
Citizenship
INTRODUCTION
- Citizenship denotes the status of an individual as a full and responsible member of a political community. It is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or a nation.
- Citizenship is the relationship between an individual and the state. Thus citizens must fulfil their duties and obligations toward the state as the state grants them civil, political, and social rights. Hence citizenship implies a two-way relationship between an individual and the state.
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
- Aristotle—‘who has the power to take part in the deliberative or judicial administration of any state is said by us to be a citizen of that state.’
- Gettel—‘Citizenship is the ...
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