The social psychology of citizenship: Engagement with citizenship studies and future research
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Stevenson, Clifford
Hopkins, Nick
Luyt, Russell
Dixon, John
Abstract / Description
In this article we review the argument outlined in the opening article in this special thematic section: that the current social psychology of citizenship can be understood as the development of longstanding conceptualisations of the concept within the discipline. These conceptualisations have contributed to the current social psychological study of the constructive, active and collective (but often exclusive) understandings of citizenship in people’s everyday lives, as evidenced by contributions to this thematic section. We consider how this emerging body of work might fit with current citizenship studies and in particular how it may contribute to the current trend towards conceiving citizenship as an active practice embedded in everyday social life. Specifically, we highlight three areas of future research that we think are particularly promising: citizenship and recognition; displays and enactments of citizenship in public space; citizenship and lived coexistence. Although this is far from an exhaustive list of possibilities, we propose that research in these areas could enable the way for social psychology to articulate a distinct, recognisable and valuable contribution to citizenship studies.
Keyword(s)
social psychology citizenship social identity social representations discursive psychology citizenship studiesPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-10-26
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
3
Issue
2
Page numbers
192–210
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Stevenson, C., Hopkins, N., Luyt, R., & Dixon, J. (2015). The social psychology of citizenship: Engagement with citizenship studies and future research. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(2), 192–210. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.581
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Stevenson, Clifford
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hopkins, Nick
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Luyt, Russell
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Dixon, John
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Date of first publication2015-10-26
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Abstract / DescriptionIn this article we review the argument outlined in the opening article in this special thematic section: that the current social psychology of citizenship can be understood as the development of longstanding conceptualisations of the concept within the discipline. These conceptualisations have contributed to the current social psychological study of the constructive, active and collective (but often exclusive) understandings of citizenship in people’s everyday lives, as evidenced by contributions to this thematic section. We consider how this emerging body of work might fit with current citizenship studies and in particular how it may contribute to the current trend towards conceiving citizenship as an active practice embedded in everyday social life. Specifically, we highlight three areas of future research that we think are particularly promising: citizenship and recognition; displays and enactments of citizenship in public space; citizenship and lived coexistence. Although this is far from an exhaustive list of possibilities, we propose that research in these areas could enable the way for social psychology to articulate a distinct, recognisable and valuable contribution to citizenship studies.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationStevenson, C., Hopkins, N., Luyt, R., & Dixon, J. (2015). The social psychology of citizenship: Engagement with citizenship studies and future research. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3(2), 192–210. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.581en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1388
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1728
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v3i2.581
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Keyword(s)social psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)citizenshipen_US
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Keyword(s)social identityen_US
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Keyword(s)social representationsen_US
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Keyword(s)discursive psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)citizenship studiesen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe social psychology of citizenship: Engagement with citizenship studies and future researchen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers192–210
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Volume3
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