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In loco civitatis: On the normative basis of the institution of refugeehood and responsibilities for refugees

In loco civitatis: On the normative basis of the institution of refugeehood and responsibilities for refugees
In loco civitatis: On the normative basis of the institution of refugeehood and responsibilities for refugees
This chapter argues that the international refugee regime is best conceptualized as a legitimacy-repair mechanism with respect to the international order of states. It advances a novel ‘political legitimacy’ account of who should be granted refugee status, which it contrasts with the ‘basic needs’, ‘alienage’, and ‘surrogate membership’ models of refugeehood. The chapter then considers the production and distribution of responsibility for refugees as an issue of non-compliance with the norm of state legitimacy, before turning to consider the distribution of responsibility for unprotected refugees under conditions in which some states do not comply with their duties of refugee protection.
9780199676606
269-289
Oxford University Press
Owen, David
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Fine, Sarah
Ypi, Lea
Owen, David
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Fine, Sarah
Ypi, Lea

Owen, David (2016) In loco civitatis: On the normative basis of the institution of refugeehood and responsibilities for refugees. In, Fine, Sarah and Ypi, Lea (eds.) Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership. Oxford, GB. Oxford University Press, pp. 269-289. (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676606.003.0013).

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This chapter argues that the international refugee regime is best conceptualized as a legitimacy-repair mechanism with respect to the international order of states. It advances a novel ‘political legitimacy’ account of who should be granted refugee status, which it contrasts with the ‘basic needs’, ‘alienage’, and ‘surrogate membership’ models of refugeehood. The chapter then considers the production and distribution of responsibility for refugees as an issue of non-compliance with the norm of state legitimacy, before turning to consider the distribution of responsibility for unprotected refugees under conditions in which some states do not comply with their duties of refugee protection.

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Published date: 28 January 2016
Organisations: Politics & International Relations

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Local EPrints ID: 389694
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/389694
ISBN: 9780199676606
PURE UUID: e2fe91f2-bfc8-4e16-9bc2-1f0114f3094c
ORCID for David Owen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-6332

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Date deposited: 14 Mar 2016 16:58
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:50

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Author: David Owen ORCID iD
Editor: Sarah Fine
Editor: Lea Ypi

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