Citizenship - Subnational citizenship

Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. It is largely coterminous with nationality, although it is possible to have a nationality without being a citizen (i.e., be legally subject to a state and entitled to its protection without having rights of political participation in it); it is also possible to have political rights without being a national of a state; for example, a citizen of a Commonwealth country resident in the Un ...

Including:

• Citizenship - Subnational citizenship
• Citizenship - Supranational citizenship
• Citizenship - European Union EU citizenship
• Citizenship - Commonwealth citizenship
• Citizenship - Honorary citizenship
• Citizenship - Historical citizenship

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Citizenship most usually relates to membership of the nation state, but the term can also apply at subnational level. Subnational entities may impose requirements, of residency or otherwise, which permit citizens to participate in the political life of that entity, or to enjoy benefits provided by the government of that entity. But in such cases, those eligible are also sometimes seen as "citizens" of the relevant state, province, or region. Citizenship as explained above is the political rights of an individual within a society. Thus ...

See also:

Citizenship, Citizenship - Subnational citizenship, Citizenship - Supranational citizenship, Citizenship - European Union EU citizenship, Citizenship - Commonwealth citizenship, Citizenship - Honorary citizenship, Citizenship - Historical citizenship

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In recent years, some intergovernmental organisations have extended the concept and terminology associated with citizenship to the international level, where it is applied to the totality of the citizens of their constituent countries combined. Two examples are given below, of citizenship in the European Union, and also of citizenship within the Commonwealth of Nations. As of 2005, citizenship at this level is a secondary ...

See also:

Citizenship, Citizenship - Subnational citizenship, Citizenship - Supranational citizenship, Citizenship - European Union EU citizenship, Citizenship - Commonwealth citizenship, Citizenship - Honorary citizenship, Citizenship - Historical citizenship

Read more here: » Citizenship: Encyclopedia II - Citizenship - Supranational citizenship

In recent years, some intergovernmental organisations have extended the concept and terminology associated with citizenship to the international level, where it is applied to the totality of the citizens of their constituent countries combined. Two examples are given below, of citizenship in the European Union, and also of citizenship within the British Commonwealth. As of 2005, citizenship at this level is a secondary ...

See also:

Citizenship, Citizenship - Subnational citizenship, Citizenship - Supranational citizenship, Citizenship - European Union EU citizenship, Citizenship - Commonwealth citizenship, Citizenship - Honorary citizenship, Citizenship - Historical citizenship

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Some countries extend "honorary citizenship" to those whom they consider to be especially admirable or worthy of the distinction. By Act of Congress and presidential assent, honorary United States citizenship has been awarded to: British statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1963) Swedish humanitarian and diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (1981) Pennsylvania founder William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn (1984) Macedonian (To Albanian Parents)-born Catholic nun and humanitarian Mother Teresa (1996) French nobleman and American Revolutiona ...

See also:

Citizenship, Citizenship - Subnational citizenship, Citizenship - Supranational citizenship, Citizenship - European Union EU citizenship, Citizenship - Commonwealth citizenship, Citizenship - Honorary citizenship, Citizenship - Historical citizenship

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