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Citizen Rights, Migrant Rights and Civic Stratification

By Lydia Morris Copyright 2025
122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the concept of civic stratification and examines its contemporary relevance for analysis and understanding of the functioning of rights in society. David Lockwood’s (1996) concept of civic stratification outlines the way in which the rights associated with citizenship can be a source of inequality by virtue of their formal granting or denial by the state, or by informal... Read more

1. The Conceptual Grounding of Civic Stratification 2. Welfare as Social Inclusion or Stratified Control 3. Civic Stratification and Migrant Rights 4. Asylum and Civic Stratification 5. Civic Stratification and Related Debates

Biography

Lydia Morris is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK.