1st Edition

The Margins of Citizenship

Edited By Philip Cook, Jonathan Seglow Copyright 2014
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Citizenship is a central concept in political philosophy, bridging theory and practice and marking out those who belong and who share a common civic status. The injustices suffered by immigrants, disabled people, the economically inactive and others have been extensively catalogued, but their disadvantages have generally been conceptualised in social and/or economic terms, less commonly in terms... Read more

Preface

1. The margins of citizenship: introduction Philip Cook and Jonathan Seglow

2. Citizenship and the marginalities of migrants David Owen

3. Amnesty in immigration: forgetting, forgiving, freedom Linda Bosniak

4. Workers without rights as citizens at the margins Virginia Mantouvalou

5. Luck, opportunity and disability Cynthia A. Stark

6. Citizenship and Disability: incommensurable lives and well-being Steven R. Smith

7. Voters should not be in prison! The rights of prisoners in a democracy Peter Ramsey

8. Against a minimum voting age Philip Cook

9. Marginalization as non-contribution Jonathan Seglow

Biography

Philip Cook, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh.

Jonathan Seglow, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London.