Citizen
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A Citizen is a nationed person (who is a recognized member of a sovereign state) who can participate in political life.
- Context:
- They can range from being a Patriotic Citizen to being a Non-Aligned Citizen to being an Unpatriotic Citizen.
- They can range from being a Proud Citizen to being a Non-Aligned Citizen to being an Defecting Citizen.
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- Example(s):
- a U.S. Citizen.
- a Canadian Citizen.
- a Taiwanese Citizen.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Multiple Citizenship, Public International Law, Nationality, Ethnicity, Sovereign State, Multiple Citizenship, Citizenship Norm.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/citizenship Retrieved:2016-9-6.
- Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a sovereign state. A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless.
Nationality is often used as a synonym for citizenship in English – notably in international law – although the term is sometimes understood as denoting a person's membership of a nation (a large ethnic group). In some countries, e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom, nationality and citizenship can have different meanings (for more information, see Nationality versus citizenship).
- Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a sovereign state. A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless.