The dimensions of citizenship

T. H. Marshall wrote a seminal essay on citizenship, titled 'Citizenship and Social Class', published in 1950 based on a lecture given the previous year. Citizenship is a development of civil, political and social rights. Since then social rights started to be awarded not on the basis of class or need, but rather on the status of citizenship, as the extension of social rights does not entail the destruction of social classes and inequality. According to T.H. Marshall, social rights are a precursor for political and civil rights. According to him, the dimensions of citizenship are: civil citizenship - relates to individual freedom, such as the free will to express one's thoughts, the right to ownership, etc political citizenship - men exerting their political power to elect and be elected into a political career, regardless of it being a public or private facility. social citizenship - set of rights concerning each citizen's welfare as relating to his economical and social life.