Introduction: affective citizenship and the politics of identity, control, resistance

In this introduction, we situate the growing and diverse literature on affect and citizenship as only beginning to capture the world around us, where tensions and hope run high. We present a brief overview of the literature on affective citizenship, with particular attention to how affect is implicated in the politics of identity, resistance, and control. We argue that this issue builds on nascent discussions already underway in journals like Citizenship Studies, and that the pieces included here extend our understanding of both the emancipatory and exclusionary potential of affective citizenship.