Essays about: "formal citizenship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words formal citizenship.

  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. Irregularity meets integration : Conceptualising the agency and positionalities of irregular Filipino migrants navigating the (in)formal rules of a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Patricia Eunice Miraflores; [2022]
    Keywords : Irregular migration; structure and agency; positionality; Brexit; UK; pandemic; self-integration; autonomy of migration; acts of citizenship; Filipino migrants; Philippines;

    Abstract : Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic are two recent crises whose combined effects exacerbated the exclusion of irregular migrants in Europe. In this thesis, I will explore the structure-agency linkages that shaped the everyday survival strategies of irregular Filipino migrants (IFMs) in navigating a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK. READ MORE

  4. 3. Justification for Transnational Environmental Civil Disobedience

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

    Author : Linus Håkansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil Disobedience; Climate Change; John Rawls; Political Obligation; Transnationalism;

    Abstract : The following essay argues that Transnational Civil Disobedience may be justified when it is applied to questions relating to global climate change. Civil Disobedience as a politically motivated form of lawbreaking posits questions regarding political obligation and citizenship and such questions are amplified when applied to the transnational level. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Change through Daily Life – An Exploratory Study on University Student Opinions on Personal Status Laws in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Matthew Heinrichs; [2020]
    Keywords : Lebanon – Sectarianism – Personal Status Laws – Social Non-Movement – Youth – Social Change – Women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent studies have shown the discriminatory and patriarchal nature of personal status laws in Lebanon (Geagea et al. 2015; Mikdashi 2018b). READ MORE

  6. 5. The value of citizenship in a British Overseas Territory : Formal and substantive British citizenship in Montserrat

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Patrik Henriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : British Overseas Territory; citizenship; formal citizenship; identity; international relations; Montserrat; partnership; substantive citizenship; United Kingdom;

    Abstract : This thesis takes part in the discussion of the of citizenship and what it means to be a citizen within the social aspects. In 2002, The British Overseas Act conferred British citizenship to Montserratians and other British Overseas Territories Citizens. READ MORE