Republicanism and the constitution of migrant statuses
Republicanism and the constitution of migrant statuses
This paper addresses republican conditions of legitimacy for the constitution of the civic statuses of migrants. It identifies two legitimacy tests to which any civic status is subject, namely, that it does not make its bearers more vulnerable to the arbitrary exercise of private or public power (R1) and that the constitution of the person as bearer of this status is not itself the product of an arbitrary exercise of public power (R2). It is argued that R1 puts significant constraints on what can be legitimate migrant statuses and R2 links republicanism to cosmopolitanism in terms of a basic norm in respect of the production and allocation of civic statuses in that those who are subject to such a regime should have the effective power to ‘shape and contest’ the rules of this regime.
republicanism, migrants, civic status, cosmopolitanism, power, legitimacy
90-110
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
9 January 2014
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
Owen, David
(2014)
Republicanism and the constitution of migrant statuses.
[in special issue: Domination, Migration and Non-citizens]
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 17 (1), .
(doi:10.1080/13698230.2013.851485).
Abstract
This paper addresses republican conditions of legitimacy for the constitution of the civic statuses of migrants. It identifies two legitimacy tests to which any civic status is subject, namely, that it does not make its bearers more vulnerable to the arbitrary exercise of private or public power (R1) and that the constitution of the person as bearer of this status is not itself the product of an arbitrary exercise of public power (R2). It is argued that R1 puts significant constraints on what can be legitimate migrant statuses and R2 links republicanism to cosmopolitanism in terms of a basic norm in respect of the production and allocation of civic statuses in that those who are subject to such a regime should have the effective power to ‘shape and contest’ the rules of this regime.
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Published date: 9 January 2014
Keywords:
republicanism, migrants, civic status, cosmopolitanism, power, legitimacy
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Politics & International Relations
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Local EPrints ID: 374868
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374868
ISSN: 1369-8230
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