New Responsibilities of Citizenship

Dilemmas of citizenship: young people's conceptions of un/employment rights and responsibilities.

This paper draws on the concept of ideological dilemmas in order to explore how a sample of young people constructed potentially contrary themes of liberal citizenship in discussions of un/employment. The study took place in the context of recent policy developments in the UK which have sought to place a renewed emphasis upon notions of responsible citizenship in relation to both welfare and ed...

Medical devices: new regulations, new responsibilities.

New public responsibilities for life scientists

“What your genes want you to eat”. This was the title of an article in the New York Times of 4 May 2003 on the ways in which the life sciences will influence food and drug choices of consumers and patients in the next decade. The author, a journalist by the name of Grierson, states that our diets and prescriptions will in the future be customized; to achieve this, consumers and patients will ne...

Genetic testing and psychology. New roles, new responsibilities.

Advances in genetics and genetic testing promise to catalyze a fundamental change in the practice of medicine. Psychologists have much to offer as psychotherapists, researchers, educators, and policymakers to a society heavily influenced by the genetic revolution. To make the most of new opportunities available to mental health professionals in genetics, psychologists must know basic genetic pr...

Citizenship-as-Identity in British political discourse: New Labour and the UK Citizenship test