The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship the World Over

This book provides an innovative examination and comparison of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship across twenty-one countries. The book contains a country-by-country profile of each of the issues describing rights and responsibilities, reports on the public opinion data, and describes countries against each other.

In this eleventh volume in The World Over series, Simon and Brooks examine and compare the rights and responsibilities of citizenship across twenty-one countries. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. In addition to reporting on the rights that citizens enjoy in these countries, as for example the right to run for and hold public office, vote, obtain scholarships, and hold government positions, the authors also describe the responsibilities that are attached to the role of citizen_for example, to serve in the military, serve on a jury, and pay taxes. When available, Simon and Brooks report on public opinion data on how proud respondents are of the country in which they are citizens, as measured by such variables as whether they would rather be a citizen of their country over any other country in the world, how proud they are of their country's political influence in the world, how democracy works in their country, and whether they believe they should support their country even if it is in the wrong. Following a brief chapter on the history of citizenship, the book is organized such that the first section provides a country-by-country profile of each of the issues describing rights and responsibilities and reports on the public opinion data. The second part is explicity comparative and describes the countries against each other.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3
Chapter I: North America
Chapter 4
Chapter 1: Canada
Chapter 5
Chapter 2: United States
Chapter 6
Chapter II: South America
Chapter 7
Chapter 3: Argentina
Chapter 8
Chapter 4: Brazil
Chapter 9
Chapter III: Europe
Chapter 10
Chapter 5: Great Britain
Chapter 11
Chapter 6: France
Chapter 12
Chapter 7: Germany
Chapter 13
Chapter 8: Italy
Chapter 14
Chapter 9: Sweden
Chapter 15
Chapter IV: The Russian Federation/Eastern Europe
Chapter 16
Chapter 10: Russia
Chapter 17
Chapter 11: Poland
Chapter 18
Chapter 12: Hungary
Chapter 19
Chapter V: Middle East
Chapter 20
Chapter 13: Egypt
Chapter 21
Chapter 14: Israel
Chapter 22
Chapter 15: Iran
Chapter 23
Chapter VI: Africa
Chapter 24
Chapter 16: Nigeria
Chapter 25
Chapter 17: South Africa
Chapter 26
Chapter VII: Asia
Chapter 27
Chapter 18: India
Chapter 28
Chapter 19: China
Chapter 29
Chapter 20: Japan
Chapter 30
Chapter VIII: Oceania
Chapter 31
Chapter 21: Australia
Chapter 32
Chapter 22: Comparative Analysis
Chapter 33
Chapter 23: Concluding Comments