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Earned Citizenship

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ID4181012
AuthorsC Joppke (0000-0002-4740-450X, University of Bern, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume62
Issue1
Pages1-35
Publication date2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975621000035
OpenAlexW4250934235
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited46

This paper argues that conceptualizing Western state citizenship from the vantage point of advancing liberalism is insufficient. Instead, recently restrictive trends may be summarized under the umbrella of earned citizenship. Conceived of as privilege not right, this is a citizenship that is simultaneously more difficult to get and easier to lose, and it inheres elements of neoliberalism and of nationalism in tandem. One could even call it an instance of neoliberal nationalism, which is neither ethnic nor civic but including on the basis of merit and desert. The rise of earned citizenship is a convergent trend across Western Europe and the classic immigrant nations of North America and Australia

Citizenship · Ethnic group · Ethnic nationalism · Immigration · Liberalism · Nationalism · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society

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Citations per year3
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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