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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Joseph Carens |
| Subtitle of host publication | Between Aliens and Citizens |
| Editors | Mathias Hoesch, Nadine Mooren |
| Place of Publication | Dordrecht u.a. |
| Pages | 87-107 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-030-44476-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Aug 2020 |
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Joseph Carens: Between Aliens and Citizens. ed. / Mathias Hoesch; Nadine Mooren. Dordrecht u.a., 2020. p. 87-107.
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TY - GEN
T1 - Time, Membership, and Citizenship
AU - Müller-Salo, Johannes Wilhelm
PY - 2020/8/11
Y1 - 2020/8/11
N2 - The paper contains a critical discussion of Joseph Carens’s unificatory theory of social membership according to which it is membership in fact in a society that grounds a person’s claim to legal status, full and legally acknowledged membership, and citizenship. The paper’s first part is devoted to the concept of residence over time. It shows that the notion of residence over time can be interpreted in two ways. It is argued that only one interpretation is in line with Carens’s overall theoretical design, whereas he himself seems to accept both interpretations. The paper’s second part discusses Carens’s claim that, basically, every person who has become a member of a society is entitled to receive the corresponding state’s citizenship. It is argued that this claim is based on a problematic assumption of identity concerning a state’s civil society and a state’s political community which can hardly be defended. The paper goes on to discuss how justified claims to citizenship have to be grounded once the distinction between a civil society and a political community is accepted.
AB - The paper contains a critical discussion of Joseph Carens’s unificatory theory of social membership according to which it is membership in fact in a society that grounds a person’s claim to legal status, full and legally acknowledged membership, and citizenship. The paper’s first part is devoted to the concept of residence over time. It shows that the notion of residence over time can be interpreted in two ways. It is argued that only one interpretation is in line with Carens’s overall theoretical design, whereas he himself seems to accept both interpretations. The paper’s second part discusses Carens’s claim that, basically, every person who has become a member of a society is entitled to receive the corresponding state’s citizenship. It is argued that this claim is based on a problematic assumption of identity concerning a state’s civil society and a state’s political community which can hardly be defended. The paper goes on to discuss how justified claims to citizenship have to be grounded once the distinction between a civil society and a political community is accepted.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-44476-1_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-44476-1_6
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-3-030-44475-4
SP - 87
EP - 107
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CY - Dordrecht u.a.
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