Tactical citizenships : encounters with everyday state in the Republic of Cyprus /

"The idea of citizenship is formed through a dynamic and flexible set of relationships that go beyond a sequence of formal rights and duties. It is recurring in everyday social contexts-in practices that play out in the real world, in the everyday exercises or refusals of citizenship rights, in...

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Main Author: Kouros, Theodoros (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2025.
Series:New anthropologies of Europe ; v. 8.
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Summary:"The idea of citizenship is formed through a dynamic and flexible set of relationships that go beyond a sequence of formal rights and duties. It is recurring in everyday social contexts-in practices that play out in the real world, in the everyday exercises or refusals of citizenship rights, in the purposeful defiance of norms, and in the tactical evasions of duties. This book explores the troubled relationship between a state and its citizens across four different kinds of social spaces in Limassol, Cyprus. Tactical Citizenships is a testament to the tenacity and resourcefulness of marginalized individuals in directing their relations with the state"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 171 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781805396819 (electronic bk.)
1805396811
9781805396826
180539682X