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The future governance of citizenship

The future governance of citizenship
The future governance of citizenship
In much of the citizenship literature it is often considered, if not simply assumed, that citizenship is integral to the character of a self-determining community and that this process, by definition, involves the exclusion of resident 'foreigners'. Dora Kostakopoulou calls this assumption into question, arguing that 'aliens' are by definition outside the bounds of the community by virtue of a circular reasoning which takes for granted the existence of bounded national communities, and that this process of collective self-definition is deeply political and historically dated. Although national citizenship has enjoyed a privileged position in both theory and practice, its remarkable elasticity has reached its limit, thereby making it more important to find an alternative model. Kostakopoulou develops a new institutional framework for anational citizenship, which can be grafted onto the existing state system, defends it against objections and proposes institutional reform based on an innovative approach to citizenship.
9780521701785
Cambridge University Press
Kostakopoulou, Dora
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Kostakopoulou, Dora
98dbedbe-574f-4431-8844-b635d2884788

Kostakopoulou, Dora (2008) The future governance of citizenship (Law in Context), Cambridge, GB. Cambridge University Press, 238pp.

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In much of the citizenship literature it is often considered, if not simply assumed, that citizenship is integral to the character of a self-determining community and that this process, by definition, involves the exclusion of resident 'foreigners'. Dora Kostakopoulou calls this assumption into question, arguing that 'aliens' are by definition outside the bounds of the community by virtue of a circular reasoning which takes for granted the existence of bounded national communities, and that this process of collective self-definition is deeply political and historically dated. Although national citizenship has enjoyed a privileged position in both theory and practice, its remarkable elasticity has reached its limit, thereby making it more important to find an alternative model. Kostakopoulou develops a new institutional framework for anational citizenship, which can be grafted onto the existing state system, defends it against objections and proposes institutional reform based on an innovative approach to citizenship.

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Published date: May 2008
Organisations: Southampton Law School

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Local EPrints ID: 200299
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/200299
ISBN: 9780521701785
PURE UUID: 88296467-521a-4383-8c11-99335efc57fc

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Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 17:49

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Author: Dora Kostakopoulou

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