Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evolutionist argument to challenge accepted ideas about citizenship and question how well it fits between political prescriptions for sociality and human nature.

Mark Edwards is an independent social sciences scholar and lecturer in the UK.

1. Introduction
2. A Contested Concept
3. An Adaptionist Heuristic
4. A Selection Rationale
5. An Interaction Rationale
6. A Sociological Rationale
7. A Psychological Rationale
8. The Limits of Political Belonging
9. Conclusion