CBSE Notes for Citizenship Class 11 Notes
Citizenship has been defined as full and equal members of a political community. It involves rights, duties and privileges. Citizenship implies that a citizen has the right to vote, the right to hold governmental offices. Citizenship is not just a relationship between the state and its members. It is a citizen-citizen relationship as well. It involves not just legal obligations but moral obligations as well. Indian Constitution includes provisions about citizenship. Constitution provides that citizenship can be acquired by birth, descent, registration, naturalization or inclusion of territory. The state should not discriminate between citizens s on grounds of race, caste sex, place of birth, etc. Full and equal membership means that citizens should enjoy equal rights and opportunities wherever in the country they may decide to live, study or work. Full and equal membership does not lead to equal rights. Equal rights for citizens does not imply that uniform policies to be applied to all people since different groups of people may have different needs. T. H. Marshall, in his book ‘Citizenship and social class’ emphasized on the relationship between citizenship, equality, and rights. Please refer
Citizenship Class 11 Notes for more information.
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