The Duties of the Citizen: A Consideration of the ways Social, Economic, and Technological Situations Impact Citizen Participation
This 5-page undergraduate essay considers citizen participation, and argues that current social, economic, and technological trends have resulted in less significant and less numerous citizen participation. This essay begins by considering the different models of citizenship depicted in Benjamin R. Barbers Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping The World, Michael Schudsons The Good Citizen: A History Of American Civic Life, and Fareed Zakarias The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. This essay then considers the ways in which technology crosses borders, but does not produce either better information or more diversity. Economic effects on citizenship are also considered, as citizens are either displaced out of politics in favor of the wealthy few, or react simply in fear to economic situations seemingly beyond their control. Finally, this essay considers culture, arguing that structures of power do not change in time to reflect the dynamic nature of the citizen, thus resulting in suspicion and apathy.
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