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Disconnected Citizenship? The Impacts of Anti-Terrorism Policy on Citizenship in the UK

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ID6344207
AuthorsLee Jarvis (0000-0002-4149-7135, Swansea University), Michael Lister (0009-0003-8995-0052, Oxford Brookes University)
Year2013
Volume61
Issue3
Pages656-675
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00993.x
OpenAlexW2126247573
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited47

This article draws on primary focus group data from the UK to offer three contributions to recent debate on the impact of anti-terrorism measures on citizenship. First, it presents a qualitatively rich account of citizens' own perspectives on this relationship. Second, it explores the significance of ethnic identity in relation to public attitudes. Finally, it traces the implications of anti-terrorism initiatives upon multiple dimensions of citizenship including participation, identity and duties as much as rights. The article argues that citizens from a range of ethnic minority backgrounds, and thus not only Muslims, believe that anti-terrorism measures have directly curtailed and diminished their citizenship. This is in contrast to white participants who, while not untroubled about the impact of these measures, generally viewed this as a concern distanced from their everyday lives. This difference suggests that anti-terrorism measures may be contributing to a condition of disconnected citizenship in the UK

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Citations per year3,08
Citation span2013 - 2025 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
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