Plurality, openness and quality of citizenship

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to show the present condition of citizenship as well as the most interesting debates and the most outstanding problems involved. I must say, however, that due to the space available, it must be just a mere introductory and panoramic view. I will also warn out that my outlook will be a philosophical and legal one. I would not consider fact and situations -which is a task specially meant for Social Sciences- so much as the meaning and defining features of the concept citizenship at this very moment, and the legal proposals on how these civil conditions should be dealt with.