Essays about: "citizenship revocation"

Found 5 essays containing the words citizenship revocation.

  1. 1. The Incompatibility of Citizenship Revocation with Liberal Nationalism : A Critique of David Miller

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Emma Lindh; [2023]
    Keywords : Citizenship; denationalisation; citizenship revocation; liberal nationalism; David Miller;

    Abstract : In his seminal work Strangers in Our Midst (2016a.), David Miller develops his version of liberal nationalism, where he argues for liberal states being justified in requiring immigrants to integrate themselves culturally before giving them access to formal citizenship equal to native citizens. Elsewhere, Miller (2016b. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Ethics of Denationalization: An argumentative analysis of the removal of citizenships in liberal democratic states

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Matilde Winther Anttila; [2020]
    Keywords : citizenship; denationalization; liberalism; counterterrorism;

    Abstract : In recent years, due to the threat of terrorism, there has been a return of banishment, in contemporary terms better known as citizenship revocation or denationalization. The aim of this thesis is to critically assess the most common arguments used for and against liberal nations’ power to revoke citizenships as punishment and as a means to protect national security. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Can We Learn from Hobbes? : An Interpretative Approach to Contemporary Citizenship Deprivation Practices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Helena Färdig; [2019]
    Keywords : Hobbes; deprivation of citizenship; revocation of citizenship; denationalisation; security; protection;

    Abstract : Deprivation of citizenship is currently used in democratic states to combat international terrorism and constitutes ‘the securitisation of citizenship’. The usage of which is often justified by states as assuring national security. READ MORE

  5. 4. Citizenship in Return for Allegiance - A Study on the Facilitated Naturalization of Undocumented Stateless Persons in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jennifer Kyllergård; [2018]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; international law; komparativ rätt; comparative law; citizenship; nationality; naturalization; facilitated naturalization; acquisition; stateless; statelessness; stateless person; undocumented; undocumented stateless person; identity; identity requirement; passport; identity document; identity card; denaturalization; revocation of citizenship; revocation; deprivation; Sweden; United States of America; United States; U.S.; Swedish Citizenship Act; Immigration and Nationality Act; right to a nationality; human rights; U.S. Constitution; Bill of Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following the UNHCR:s launch of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024 in November 2014, a Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014 – 2024 was adopted urging states to undertake ten actions to end statelessness, including to facilitate the naturalization of stateless migrants. While the facilitated naturalization of stateless persons would certainly reduce the occurrence of statelessness and its consequences, states remain reluctant to lower the standards of naturalization for stateless persons for various reasons. READ MORE

  6. 5. Biopolitics and zoēpolitics in a post-political era: hegemonic struggle in the Swedish debate on foreign terrorist fighters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Camilla Van Paaschen; [2016]
    Keywords : governmentality; biopolitics; zoēpolitics; foreign terrorist fighters; post-politics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With an increasing number of Swedish citizens joining military extremist organizations in the Middle East, this study aims to identify and discuss the current discourses on how to handle foreign terrorist fighters through an analysis of the Swedish debate during 2014-2015. While one faction presents strategies and policy suggestions aiming to restitute what are described as mentally ill and socioeconomically excluded individuals, others in turn propose repressive measures through harsher punishment and revocation of citizenship of individuals identified as a threat to Western values. READ MORE