SPACES OF CITIZENSHIP - AN INTRODUCTION

The various papers and commentaries in this issue are framed by a brie f discussion of (1) the growing significance for human geographers of 'citizenship' as both a source of concepts and a focus for substantive research; (2) the way in which citizenship serves as a meeting-point for the contemporary concerns of both political geographers and social -cultural geographers; and (3) the various different kinds of 'spaces' in and through which citizenship is fostered, practised and contested , all of which are tackled in the contributions to the issue.