The World, Explained · 45 sec
Citizenship
A small piece of context that makes the wider world easier to read.
The useful idea
- The useful idea
Citizenship is a membership in the political community of and allegiance to a sovereign state.
- How it works
Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term citizenship to refer to nationality; these two notions are
- Why it matters
conceptually different dimensions of collective membership.
Why this matters
Use Citizenship as context when interpreting events and claims about the world.
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Use Citizenship as context when interpreting events and claims about the world.
Test your recall
Which idea belongs to the explanation of Citizenship?
- Why it matters
- How it works
- The useful idea — correct
Citizenship is a membership in the political community of and allegiance to a sovereign state.