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Category Archives: Shklar
Are housewives’ citizens?
Being a housewife in our society is sometimes considered as luxury, as it usually means that the man in the house earns enough money to support the family. Housewives are envied, but are also often criticized. Before, the role of … Continue reading
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When “Voting and Earning” Are Not Enough.
According to Judith Shklar in her work, “American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion”, there are two main components of being a full, capable citizen in America, those being voting and earning. Each person must have the right and be legitimately … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Rights, Shklar
Tagged Japanese Internment, Sixth Amendment, Voting and Earning
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Earning and Education
The importance of earning was apparent in both American Citizenship by Judith N. Shklar and The Life of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass. In each reading, the inability to earn is compared to having a lack of freedom. Shklar … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Douglass, Shklar
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The Consequences of Not Exercising…Your Rights!
Judith Shklar’s argument about the importance of voting in American Citizenship focuses primarily on suffrage as a form of societal standing. She leaves some conclusions undeveloped, particularly with regards to why American voter turnout is and has been low in spite … Continue reading
Posted in Shklar, Tyranny of the Majority
Tagged Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Voter Turnout, Voting
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Call to Action: Vote in Local Elections!
“American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion” explores the significance of voting in the United States. Judith Shklar offers many examples of why classes of Americans do not vote, while her argument is strong, she fails to answer the question of … Continue reading
Should citizenship define our identity?
In this week’s reading of Judith Shklar’s American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion, I couldn’t help but get the sense that what the reading actually did was exclude a whole lot of people. If the core of American citizenship is … Continue reading
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American Empire and the “Quest for Inclusion” in the Case of American Samoa
In Judith Shklar’s American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion, she outlines how important voting, standing, and earning are to full inclusion as a citizen of the United States. Perhaps due to space concerns, Shklar could not devote much attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Rights, Shklar
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The Dark Side of Progress
The Dark Side of Progress Throughout the year we have discussed many of the conceivable ways to classify individuals as members of one group or another: establishing boundaries and creating insiders and outsiders for our society. This semester’s contributing authors … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Federalist #10, Shklar
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Poverty in Phoenix
Homelessness is a huge problem in this country, yet most people pass at least a few homeless people on the street everyday without hardly even noticing them. The film “Poverty in Chicago” included multiple interviews with the homeless in an … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty in Chicago, Shklar, Uncategorized
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American ideas in the Chinese Student Movement
In this class we have broken down the issues of democracy as the pertain to the American lifestyle. From Kemis and Rand to Shklar to Madison, all the topics have drawn on American History. The exportation of American Democracy to … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Lincoln, Shklar, Thoreau
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