Tendayi Bloom
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tendayi Bloom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tendayi |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloom |
| SIGNATURE | BLOOM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-0472-2396 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anti-Effectiveness and Potency in the Residue of Power
This article contributes a set of concepts to the study of international human rights agreement-making: anti-effectiveness and potency in the residue of power. It suggests that an agreement is anti-effective insofar as its text cannot be either effective or ineffective. I show that the 1985 United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (DHRN) is anti-effectiv…
How Britain’s efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights contributed to a forgotten Unga declaration
This article presents results from new research into United Nations (UN) documents from 1972 to 1985, demonstrating that UK efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights drove the proposal, drafting, and adoption of the 1985 UN General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not Nationals of the Country in which they live (DHRN). The DHRN process began in 1972, as part of a UK response to Idi Amin’s Expulsion of Ugandan …
Noncitizen Power
In Noncitizen Power Tendayi Bloom applies her novel politics of ‘noncitizenism’ - those fighting for political recognition either from their state or from the international system as a whole - to real-world policy. Through an analysis of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (adopted in December 2018) Bloom interrogates the power of migrants and civil society in determining the outcome of, and engaging with, global migrati…
Can citizenship studies escape citizenism
The paper examines the developments in citizenship studies over the past twenty-five years through the lens of ‘citizenism’, understood as a presumed prioritisation of state citizenship as the only form of political relationship between an individual and a state (and perhaps even among individuals) that can be formally recognised. It suggests that while citizenship studies may not be citizenist in nature, the use of the language of citizenship to…
Beyond Borders
States have long denied basic rights to non-citizens within their borders, and international law imposes only limited duties on states with respect to those fleeing persecution. But even the limited rights previously enjoyed by non-citizens are eroding in the face of rising nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and racism. Beyond Borders explores what obligations we owe to those outside our political community. Drawing on contributions from a broad …
When Migration Policy Isn't about Migration
The fluid use of the terminology associated with “migration governance” can obscure its intention and implications. Different meanings of core terminology risks allowing troubling policies that are not really about migration, understood widely as border crossing, or even more broadly as human movement, to be legitimized. UN-level coordination with regard to “migration governance” needs to be part of addressing this concern. For example, this arti…
Noncitizenism
It takes a bold thinker to introduce a new term into the thicket of contemporary discussions of citizenship, migration and belonging. Tendayi Bloom does this with her ambitious concept of noncitzenism. She presents noncitizenship as a unifying analytic category that describes a particular relationship between individuals and States. Her claim is that the relationship deserves attention because of its special consequences for the rights of affecte…
Understanding Statelessness
Interculturalism in Times of Crisis
This article locates the discussion of this Special Section within the wider analysis of Interculturalism and intercultural dialogue as a new way of framing dynamic inter‐ethnic and broader community relations, and considering how perceived and real crisis affects both states’ and societys’ understandings of ethnicity, culture and diversity. Taking cases from Catalonia, Spain, the European Union, this Special Section's multi‐level approach illust…
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area.They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and suggest ways forward. The volume is divided into three pa…
Understanding Migrant Decisions
Migration Across Boundaries
Understanding Migrant Decisions
Considering how changing conditions across the Mediterranean have affected the migration decisions of those from Sub-Saharan Africa to or through that Region, this book represents an important and overdue contribution to international policy-making and academic discourse. Putting individual decision-making at centre stage without neglecting household or group considerations, this volume establishes migration as an evolving process; information av…
The business of noncitizenship
Private actors play an increasing role in mediating the relationship between States and noncitizens and even in creating or perpetuating exclusions associated with noncitizenship. This paper offers a way to analyse the forms of engagement of the for-profit private sector in migration control and asks what it means for how noncitizenship is constructed. It presents the private sector as acting like a buffer, altering whether and how individuals ma…
Theorising noncitizenship
Existing political theory, particularly which deals with justice and/or rights, has long assumed citizenship as a core concept. Noncitizenship, if it is considered at all, is generally defined merely as the negation or deprivation of citizenship. As such, it is difficult to examine successfully the status of noncitizens, obligations towards them, and the nature of their role in political systems. This article addresses this critical gap by defini…
Examining hidden coercion at state borders
Sanctions placed upon airlines and other operators transporting persons without the required paperwork are called ‘carrier sanctions’. They constitute a key example of how border control mechanisms are currently being outsourced, privatized, delegated, and moved from the border itself to new physical locations. These practices can lead to a phenomenon referred to in this paper as ‘hidden coercion’. This paper argues that, while hidden coercion is…
European Union and Commonwealth Free Movement
Between 1948 and 1962, approximately 600 million Commonwealth citizens had the right to enter the UK. This number decreased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, as a series of Acts of Parliament altered the rights and definitions of Commonwealth citizens. To date, the European Union has extended the right to over 500 million citizens and residents of member-states to enter the UK. This new trend has been met with perceptions of threat to national cult…
Contradictions in Formal Commonwealth Citizenship Rights in Commonwealth Countries
In at least 11 member states of the Modern Commonwealth, a citizen of another Commonwealth country may not enter without a visa, but may vote, and sometimes stand for office. This paper presents analyses and contextualises newly compiled data on the rights of Commonwealth citizens to stand for office, to vote, to enter without a visa and to undertake employment without a work permit in Commonwealth countries other than their own. It demonstrates …
Just open borders? Examining Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK
This essay examines Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK. It argues that, although arguments for significantly more open borders are compelling, they must take into account existing domestic injustice in receiving states as well as existing global injustice
Theorising noncitizenship
Existing political theory, particularly which deals with justice and/or rights, has long assumed citizenship as a core concept. Noncitizenship, if it is considered at all, is generally defined merely as the negation or deprivation of citizenship. As such, it is difficult to examine successfully the status of noncitizens, obligations towards them, and the nature of their role in political systems. This article addresses this critical gap by defini…
Examining hidden coercion at state borders
Sanctions placed upon airlines and other operators transporting persons without the required paperwork are called ‘carrier sanctions’. They constitute a key example of how border control mechanisms are currently being outsourced, privatized, delegated, and moved from the border itself to new physical locations. These practices can lead to a phenomenon referred to in this paper as ‘hidden coercion’. This paper argues that, while hidden coercion is…
When Migration Policy Isn't about Migration
The fluid use of the terminology associated with “migration governance” can obscure its intention and implications. Different meanings of core terminology risks allowing troubling policies that are not really about migration, understood widely as border crossing, or even more broadly as human movement, to be legitimized. UN-level coordination with regard to “migration governance” needs to be part of addressing this concern. For example, this arti…
Interculturalism in Times of Crisis
This article locates the discussion of this Special Section within the wider analysis of Interculturalism and intercultural dialogue as a new way of framing dynamic inter‐ethnic and broader community relations, and considering how perceived and real crisis affects both states’ and societys’ understandings of ethnicity, culture and diversity. Taking cases from Catalonia, Spain, the European Union, this Special Section's multi‐level approach illust…
Contradictions in Formal Commonwealth Citizenship Rights in Commonwealth Countries
In at least 11 member states of the Modern Commonwealth, a citizen of another Commonwealth country may not enter without a visa, but may vote, and sometimes stand for office. This paper presents analyses and contextualises newly compiled data on the rights of Commonwealth citizens to stand for office, to vote, to enter without a visa and to undertake employment without a work permit in Commonwealth countries other than their own. It demonstrates …
Just open borders? Examining Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK
This essay examines Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK. It argues that, although arguments for significantly more open borders are compelling, they must take into account existing domestic injustice in receiving states as well as existing global injustice
Can citizenship studies escape citizenism
The paper examines the developments in citizenship studies over the past twenty-five years through the lens of ‘citizenism’, understood as a presumed prioritisation of state citizenship as the only form of political relationship between an individual and a state (and perhaps even among individuals) that can be formally recognised. It suggests that while citizenship studies may not be citizenist in nature, the use of the language of citizenship to…
The business of noncitizenship
Private actors play an increasing role in mediating the relationship between States and noncitizens and even in creating or perpetuating exclusions associated with noncitizenship. This paper offers a way to analyse the forms of engagement of the for-profit private sector in migration control and asks what it means for how noncitizenship is constructed. It presents the private sector as acting like a buffer, altering whether and how individuals ma…
European Union and Commonwealth Free Movement
Between 1948 and 1962, approximately 600 million Commonwealth citizens had the right to enter the UK. This number decreased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, as a series of Acts of Parliament altered the rights and definitions of Commonwealth citizens. To date, the European Union has extended the right to over 500 million citizens and residents of member-states to enter the UK. This new trend has been met with perceptions of threat to national cult…
Just open borders? Examining Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK
This essay examines Joseph Carens' open borders argument in the light of a case study of recent Somali migrants to the UK. It argues that, although arguments for significantly more open borders are compelling, they must take into account existing domestic injustice in receiving states as well as existing global injustice
Contradictions in Formal Commonwealth Citizenship Rights in Commonwealth Countries
In at least 11 member states of the Modern Commonwealth, a citizen of another Commonwealth country may not enter without a visa, but may vote, and sometimes stand for office. This paper presents analyses and contextualises newly compiled data on the rights of Commonwealth citizens to stand for office, to vote, to enter without a visa and to undertake employment without a work permit in Commonwealth countries other than their own. It demonstrates …
European Union and Commonwealth Free Movement
Between 1948 and 1962, approximately 600 million Commonwealth citizens had the right to enter the UK. This number decreased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, as a series of Acts of Parliament altered the rights and definitions of Commonwealth citizens. To date, the European Union has extended the right to over 500 million citizens and residents of member-states to enter the UK. This new trend has been met with perceptions of threat to national cult…
Examining hidden coercion at state borders
Sanctions placed upon airlines and other operators transporting persons without the required paperwork are called ‘carrier sanctions’. They constitute a key example of how border control mechanisms are currently being outsourced, privatized, delegated, and moved from the border itself to new physical locations. These practices can lead to a phenomenon referred to in this paper as ‘hidden coercion’. This paper argues that, while hidden coercion is…
The business of noncitizenship
Private actors play an increasing role in mediating the relationship between States and noncitizens and even in creating or perpetuating exclusions associated with noncitizenship. This paper offers a way to analyse the forms of engagement of the for-profit private sector in migration control and asks what it means for how noncitizenship is constructed. It presents the private sector as acting like a buffer, altering whether and how individuals ma…
Theorising noncitizenship
Existing political theory, particularly which deals with justice and/or rights, has long assumed citizenship as a core concept. Noncitizenship, if it is considered at all, is generally defined merely as the negation or deprivation of citizenship. As such, it is difficult to examine successfully the status of noncitizens, obligations towards them, and the nature of their role in political systems. This article addresses this critical gap by defini…
Understanding Migrant Decisions
Migration Across Boundaries
Understanding Migrant Decisions
Considering how changing conditions across the Mediterranean have affected the migration decisions of those from Sub-Saharan Africa to or through that Region, this book represents an important and overdue contribution to international policy-making and academic discourse. Putting individual decision-making at centre stage without neglecting household or group considerations, this volume establishes migration as an evolving process; information av…
Noncitizenism
It takes a bold thinker to introduce a new term into the thicket of contemporary discussions of citizenship, migration and belonging. Tendayi Bloom does this with her ambitious concept of noncitzenism. She presents noncitizenship as a unifying analytic category that describes a particular relationship between individuals and States. Her claim is that the relationship deserves attention because of its special consequences for the rights of affecte…
Understanding Statelessness
Interculturalism in Times of Crisis
This article locates the discussion of this Special Section within the wider analysis of Interculturalism and intercultural dialogue as a new way of framing dynamic inter‐ethnic and broader community relations, and considering how perceived and real crisis affects both states’ and societys’ understandings of ethnicity, culture and diversity. Taking cases from Catalonia, Spain, the European Union, this Special Section's multi‐level approach illust…
Understanding Statelessness
Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area.They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and suggest ways forward. The volume is divided into three pa…
When Migration Policy Isn't about Migration
The fluid use of the terminology associated with “migration governance” can obscure its intention and implications. Different meanings of core terminology risks allowing troubling policies that are not really about migration, understood widely as border crossing, or even more broadly as human movement, to be legitimized. UN-level coordination with regard to “migration governance” needs to be part of addressing this concern. For example, this arti…
Beyond Borders
States have long denied basic rights to non-citizens within their borders, and international law imposes only limited duties on states with respect to those fleeing persecution. But even the limited rights previously enjoyed by non-citizens are eroding in the face of rising nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and racism. Beyond Borders explores what obligations we owe to those outside our political community. Drawing on contributions from a broad …
Can citizenship studies escape citizenism
The paper examines the developments in citizenship studies over the past twenty-five years through the lens of ‘citizenism’, understood as a presumed prioritisation of state citizenship as the only form of political relationship between an individual and a state (and perhaps even among individuals) that can be formally recognised. It suggests that while citizenship studies may not be citizenist in nature, the use of the language of citizenship to…
Noncitizen Power
In Noncitizen Power Tendayi Bloom applies her novel politics of ‘noncitizenism’ - those fighting for political recognition either from their state or from the international system as a whole - to real-world policy. Through an analysis of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (adopted in December 2018) Bloom interrogates the power of migrants and civil society in determining the outcome of, and engaging with, global migrati…
How Britain’s efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights contributed to a forgotten Unga declaration
This article presents results from new research into United Nations (UN) documents from 1972 to 1985, demonstrating that UK efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights drove the proposal, drafting, and adoption of the 1985 UN General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not Nationals of the Country in which they live (DHRN). The DHRN process began in 1972, as part of a UK response to Idi Amin’s Expulsion of Ugandan …
Anti-Effectiveness and Potency in the Residue of Power
This article contributes a set of concepts to the study of international human rights agreement-making: anti-effectiveness and potency in the residue of power. It suggests that an agreement is anti-effective insofar as its text cannot be either effective or ineffective. I show that the 1985 United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (DHRN) is anti-effectiv…
Migration, Refugees, and Integration (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Citizenship (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law and economics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works)