Political Science · Political Theory
Social citizenship refers to:
AThe right to participate in an appropriate standard of living ✓ Correct
BThe right to participate in the exercise of political power
CBelonging to more than one country and culture
DThe police and defence forces as coercive structures of the state
Correct answer: (A) The right to participate in an appropriate standard of living — Social citizenship is the right to participate in an appropriate standard of living, so the answer is that option.
Explanation
★Social citizenship is the right to participate in an appropriate standard of living, so the answer is that option.
★It is the social dimension of citizenship, alongside its civil and political dimensions.
★This right is embodied in the welfare and educational systems of modern societies.
★T.H. Marshall set it out in Citizenship and Social Class, published in 1950.
★He traced citizenship as growing through civil, then political, then social rights over time.
★The right to political power belongs to political citizenship, a different dimension.
★Belonging to several countries points to global citizenship, again a separate idea.
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