Book Review: François Cooren, Organizational Discourse: Communication and Constitution
| Published date | 01 November 2017 |
| Date | 01 November 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929917720415 |
| Subject Matter | Book ReviewsGeneral Politics |
Political Studies Review 15(4)
climate. Hooghe and Marks promise two more
Although the field studies present evidence
volumes in this series and if those are as valu-
for the existence of citizenship agendas articu-
able as these first two are, they will be volumes
lated and promoted by non-state actors, they
that any scholar of multi-level governance will
differ in how to explain the onset of distinct
look forward to reading.
configurations and how to contextualise them.
Non-state citizenship agendas emerge either
Andrew Connell
through the voluntary withdrawal of the nation
(Cardiff University)
state or by forcefully contesting its power.
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According to the authors, all three configura-
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tions are potentially universal and could take
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place in any nation state.
In this, I would disagree with the authors
and suggest that the theoretical argument
Citizenship Agendas in and beyond the
would gain from taking distinct political
Nation-State by Martijn Koster, Rivke
aspects of the nation state into account.
Jaffe and Anouk de Koning (eds). Abingdon:
Depending on the depth of citizenship agen-
Routledge, 2016. 124pp., £90.00 (h/b), ISBN
das provided by the state, the potential for
9781138211216
developing citizenship agendas by non-state
actors varies greatly. By this, the configura-
Citizenship Agendas in and beyond the
tions of non-state citizenship agendas clearly
Nation State provides an innovative account
have a broader political and cultural compo-
of recent developments in citizenship agen-
nent.
das. The book addresses how both state and
Since this edited volume marks a starting
non-state actors formulate citizenship agen-
point in reframing citizenship agendas, I rec-
das that re-define the meaning of ‘good citi-
ommend that scholars who are interested in the
zenship’ and aim...
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