In person icon Noncitizenship in Theory and Practice

Abstract

This panel will explore how political theory can begin directly to address the question of ‘noncitizenship’. This is a crucial and underexplored subject area. Existing political theory, particularly that which deals with justice and/or rights, has long assumed citizenship as a core concept. Noncitizenship, if it is considered at all, is generally defined merely as the negation or deprivation of citizenship. As such, it is difficult to examine successfully the status of noncitizens, obligations towards them, and the nature of their role in political systems. Theorising noncitizenship is important both because of the problematic gap that exists in the theoretical literature, and because of the real world problems that are created as a result of noncitizenship that are not currently successfully addressed. Examples include responsibility for protecting the rights of noncitizens undergoing deportation, the nature of employment rights of economic migrants, and the processes of inclusion and exclusion which affect noncitizens. This panel brings together a range of researchers working in the area of noncitizenship, building on our earlier workshop on this theme at the Manchester Political Theory Workshops in September 2013. What these contributors have in common is an attempt to understand noncitizenship as a concept in its own right. They approach this challenge from a variety of angles, and a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

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