Citizenship is a political concept and denotes a legally binding agreement between an individual and a state. Both parties receive the necessary list of mutual rights and obligations, as well as legal tools for their implementation. In addition, a person, in exchange for some restriction of freedom and consent to live according to standardized behavioral practices, in the person of the government, state and political institutions, becomes a formal “guardian” of personal rights and freedoms. Another issue is the political system of the state, which can be sharpened by the implementation of this functional, and can ignore it and neglect it in the interests of the dominant social group.
Citizenship. Value aspect
However, citizenship is a political, territorial, and value concept. This is connected not only with personal “linking” to a certain territory, place of permanent residence, but also with a predominantly conscious understanding of belonging to a certain value, cultural and, therefore, political system. The change of value guidelines often leads to a conflict situation, as a result of which the individual is able to change his citizenship. This is especially true for countries dominated by authoritarian political regimes.
Citizenship. Economic aspect
In the period of total globalization, citizenship is also an economic concept. Man is not just attached to the territory, he is attached to the place of work. He may, for example, be a citizen of Argentina, have his own home in Brazil and work in the United States. And to live simultaneously in three countries - simply because he is so comfortable. Or have dual citizenship (here's the value choice), but work in a third country. Such examples are enough.
Basic features:
- The presence of an informal legal contract between an individual and a citizen. This means that citizenship is a concept that is not associated with either national, historical or any other identification. We are talking about the political property of the state, of which citizenship is.
- Payments on direct tax liabilities. Persons who do not have citizenship but reside in the territory of another state pay only indirect taxes related to their labor activity.
The concept and principles of citizenship of the Russian Federation
Individuals born in our country, as well as persons who have passed the qualification of residence and have expressed a desire to acquire Russian citizenship, automatically become citizens of the Russian Federation . As a result, the concept of Russian citizenship includes certain obligations that both the individual and the state assume. The conditions and requirements for obtaining citizenship are fixed in the relevant federal legislation. Principles:
- legal registration of relations between a citizen and the Russian state. Both subjects of the contract operate within the framework of the legal field of the Russian Federation;
- the ongoing nature of the relationship between the citizen and the state. Deprivation of citizenship is an exceptional measure that is practically not applied.