1st Edition

Refugees, Democracy and the Law Political Rights at the Margins of the State

By Dana Schmalz Copyright 2021
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

The book provides an in-depth discussion of democratic theory questions in relation to refugee law. The work introduces readers to the evolution of refugee law and its core issues today, as well as central lines in the debate about democracy and migration. Bringing together these fields, the book links theoretical considerations and legal analysis. Based on its specific understanding of the... Read more

I. The refugee;

Chapter 1 Who is a refugee?;

Chapter 2 Who decides who is a refugee?;

II. Democracy’s edges;

Chapter 3 Citizenship and the claiming of rights;

Chapter 4 Democracy between the need for institutions and demands of inclusion;

III. The legal conditions of refugees’ political voice;

Chapter 5 Institutions of refugees’ political participation;

Chapter 6 The role of associative rights for refugees’ political voice;

Chapter 7 Humanitarian government and the political membership of refugees;

Chapter 8 Representation of refugees in international forums;

Biography

Dana Schmalz is a scholar of international law and legal philosophy. She is a postdoctoral fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School, New York.