Category Archives: Shklar

Are housewives’ citizens?

Posted on October 8, 2017 by

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.

Posted on October 23, 2016 by

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 →

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Earning and Education

Posted on October 13, 2016 by

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 →

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The Consequences of Not Exercising…Your Rights!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

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 →

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Call to Action: Vote in Local Elections!

Posted on October 2, 2016 by

“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 →

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Should citizenship define our identity?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by

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

Posted on March 1, 2015 by

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 →

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The Dark Side of Progress

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

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 →

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Poverty in Phoenix

Posted on March 17, 2014 by

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 →

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American ideas in the Chinese Student Movement

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

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 →

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