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citizens and the state, but the rights of citizens relative to another with
whom they have a relationship. This involves an increasing recognition
of diversity in how we perceive citizens, rights and the institutional arrangements
that invariably influence them. As we consider how new systems
can be imagined and identities included, moving to the program of
social movements is inevitable and noteworthy because of their continued
imagination and persistence. While citizenship has a long liberal tradition
attached to its meaning, social movements have actively redefined
how we perceive citizens’ agency and rights amidst this process of systematic
and social change.
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