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Discuss T. H. Marshall’s views on citizenship.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Politics and Society

T. H. Marshall, in Citizenship and Social Class (1950), defined citizenship as a status bestowed on those who are full members of a community, with all holders equal in the rights and duties it carries. His central question was how an equality of status could coexist with the inequality of class produced by capitalism.

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  • Three elements of citizenship
  • Citizenship versus class
  • Criticisms
  • Indian relevance
  • Conclusion

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