Las paradojas de la ciudadanía bajo el capitalismo global. De consensos y violencias.

According to the central hypothesis of this paper, late capitalism is accompanied by a profound redefinition of the condition of the citizen. According to Marshall, citizenship was linked to distributive equality, and the existence of a common culture. It presupposed a gradual conquest of rights. The conditions under which it is presented now cor respond to a different pattern. Consensus which extends beyond national limits and exponential growth of violence constitute challenges in conceptualization. Globalization, times of universal circulation of merchandise, and the emergence of a new international law that redimensions borders and promotes the conquest of collective subordinates (women and ethnic groups), also pro motes the break down of societies considered until recently equalitarian. This state, can be said to be a state of conflict, everyone against everyone, and convokes the reappearance of a new common contract as a theme for theoretical debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]