Document Type : Reasearch paper
Abstract
Citizenship is one of the foundational topics for the establishment of states. These activities were known to Europe in the sixteenth century and began to be theorized about since that period. There is no doubt that the vision deepened after World War II, when Europe was able to derive the concept of the modern state.
The rooting of the principle of citizenship as a culture in the general social mind constitutes an essential rule in any true democratic system. Exercising citizenship rights - without rooting this principle - turns into a process with flawed corners, fraught with the fear of relapse or violation. And for this reason; The process of building public social awareness of the necessity of preserving citizenship rights requires firstly creating a legal and political environment suitable for spreading the culture of citizenship and democracy, and secondly, the availability of mechanisms capable of monitoring any violation of these rights and beginning to address them by mobilizing public opinion. Citizenship does not exist without effective capabilities that guarantee its practice on the ground. Therefore, they are not principles, values, or common goals that a group of people rally around without actual, realistic practice.
It requires the state to strive to improve society, to create structural cohesion among its members, and to create a spirit of loyalty to the homeland in them. It - that is, the state - must undertake the protection of the members of society, and legal frameworks must govern that relationship between the individual and the state. In other words, citizenship is an interactive relationship, and this relationship exists between individuals and among themselves, and individuals and institutions. In other words, citizenship is an interactive relationship, and this relationship exists between individuals and among themselves, and individuals and institutions. Therefore, it is a type of social contract that regulates the relationship between individuals among themselves, and also between individuals, human groups, and the state. Meaning that it is a relationship characterized by give and take, rights and duties.