Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) P.T. Lenard
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) 1 University of Ottawa Ontario, Canada [email protected]
ANO 2012
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Comparative Sociology
ISSN 1569-1322
E-ISSN 1569-1330
EDITORA Publisher 51
DOI 10.1163/15691330-12341239
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 bac8f8178867b8ffe1b27742ef4b284d

Resumo

In liberal democracies, citizens are entitled to a substantive package of rights, including the right to participate in politics. Without this right, citizens cannot be self-determining in any rich sense. As more and more people cross borders, the number of residents without citizenship is rising, as is the number of people who have little say in the political life of the communities in which they reside. I assess the normative status of long-term, non-citizen residents and conclude that, without the right to vote, and without the right to run for office, long-term, non-citizen residents are denied political self-determination. Using the 'thick-thin' lens that unites the contributions to this issue, I propose granting non-citizen residents more expansive political rights.

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