Citizenships and Identities. Inclusion, Exclusion, Participation

A distinguished transnational, transgenerational and transdisciplinary group of researchers, working together in six research teams, shows how citizenship has developed, emphasizing continuities and breaking points, particularly but not only in European countries. It also addresses the question of 'identities' and the ways that this very ambiguous concept is used in different historical and historiographical contexts. This is the final volume produced by the CLIOHRES FP6 Network of Excellence designed and coordinated by Isaacs (2005-2010; 51 volumes all available on www.cliohres.net, 180 researchers; 31 countries; 4.500.000€ grant). It presents the final results of the Network's research. Central coordinator of the Network, Isaacs is editor of the volume, author of the Introduction and contributor to one of the collaborative chapters. The volume shows that 'citizenship' is understood in very different ways in different parts of Europe today. It examines how this situation has arisen, and how citizenship has been defined and analysed in different historical and historiographical contexts