A Descriptive Study: The Qualitative Transformation of Citizenship and Citizenship Education

Due to weakened sense of belonging to nation-state that has resulted from the process of globalization, national dimension of citizenship has been debated over the years and its content has begun to change beyond national identity and sense of belonging. The content of citizenship consists of different elements such as role, identity, and the demand of right. These changes have led us to consider citizenship as an issue of geopolitics in a policy framework. This study indicates that citizenship does not only consist of the official citizenship, the shape of citizenship and legal status. It provides an opposing viewpoint regarding removing the concept of “nation” that is characterized in an epistemic and normative form. Moreover, the study that incorporated the concept of citizenship with a sense of belonging of national examined the elements of citizenship. Then, the components which should be involved for everyone in citizenship education were discussed.