Citizen Rights, Migrant Rights and Civic Stratification

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-34981-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 276 g

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 impediments to their full realisation. The purpose of this book is to explore the meaning and significance of this concept, and elaborate its potential in offering a framework for understanding the dynamic nature of rights. Lockwood’s model reverses Marshall’s (1950) view of citizenship as guaranteed inclusion in society and is linked to the way that the differential entitlement and the qualifying conditions associated with certain rights can be harnessed as a means of control. While both Marshall and Lockwood were principally concerned with the rights attaching to citizenship, this book extends the insights of these two authors to show how such controls apply in various ways to both citizens and non-citizens alike. Building on Lockwood’s conception of ‘moral resources’ the book set out a theoretical framework and empirical illustration of how the position of different groups within society is subject to shifting perceptions of social worth and is engaged both in claims to fuller access to rights and in justifications of their denial or removal.

This book will appeal to scholars and higher-level students with relevant interests in sociolegal studies, sociology, social policy and politics.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license. This publication was supported by the University of Essex’s open access fund.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Lydia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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