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In this paper I propose and defend a scheme of civic service. I argue that a well-designed scheme of this kind is an important element in the political theory of republican liberalism. The signal feature of the proposed scheme is that it will require no one to perform such service, but it will allow only those who have served, or who have been excused from service because of incapacity, to hold the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modern liberal citizenship is a failing design, and this is nowhere more apparent than in the contemporary US. Currently there is a frenzy around US citizenship â€" who has it but shouldn’t have it, who should have it but doesn’t have it, who had it but renounced it. The sheer volume of ideas, images, and events and their mass circulation makes it almost impossible not to notice how unsettled and unsettling contemporary US citizenship has become. If, as designer Bruce Mau suggests, the success of a design is its invisibility, then it seems that the design of contemporary US citizenship is anything but a success (Mau, 2004:1). Taking seriously the claim that modern liberal citizenship is a failing design, I focus on how citizenship is designed and redesigned through history. My central research question is â€" What are the design principles of modern liberal citizenship, and how are they experienced in the contemporary US? Noting that modern liberal citizenship emerged from state security debates and that security concerns preoccupy those in the contemporary US, I investigate not only how citizenship is designed but how safe citizenship is designed. As such, I am less concerned with the legal definition of citizenship than with the practical packaging of citizenship as part of a design for safe living. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper offers reasons in favor of more closely integrating normative political theory and qualitative field work. First, the use of qualitative data and participant observation can give insight into the actual moral arguments and moral motivations of those who are "living" some answer to a significant question in political theory. Second, it can greatly improve the theorist's understanding of related empirical issues-especially important if the theory argument has or could have specific policy implications. Third, and possibly the most important, qualitative data, in particular narrative illustrations of principles from the lived experiences of actual persons, can provide for a more compelling and ultimately much more persuasive argument. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the effect that support for the political government and several other political factors have on citizens' attitudes towards police in three Latin American countries and the United States. Traditional views hold that citizens’ attitudes toward the police are driven by local concerns. We contend that the failure to examine the police in a political and comparative context has contributed to a lack of understanding of the role of the police in relation to the overall political system. Using data from Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, we test whether citizens’ attitudes toward the police are related to their attitudes toward the national government. We find that attitudes toward the police and the national government are linked, and this linkage is responsive to the influence of national election campaigns in varying degrees. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will focus on a particular aspect of Agnes Heller's immense contribution to political thought, specifically her writings on democratic citizenship and politics. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What are the factors that determine if and how much citizens trust their political institutions? The study uses data from the Bolivia 2004 LAPOP survey to explore what is determining Bolivian citizens' levels of trust in their political institutions ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]