POG 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nandita Swetha, Unemployment Benefits, Family Reunification

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 320
• Professor: Sadif Arat- Koc

Document Summary

Legal and political status of migrants and refugees: Value of citizenship in an unequal world: birthright citizenship as inherited property (ayelet shachar) Citizenship as a form of capital and a mechanism of distinction between migrant and non-migrant workers (harald bauder) Citizenship something that is only giving certain rights to those who are already recognized by the state. Citizenship status does not necessarily correspond to citizenship practice, nor does citizenship resolve inequality many citizens live with discrimination and poverty. However, non-citizenship, by definition is associated with limits in terms of voice, membership, and rights in a political, and with social exclusion and vulnerability . *referring to those living in canada but are limited because they do not have citizenship* Contradictions of the current state of globalization : globalization encouraging free movement of goods and capital (and few people), but no free movement of people. Citizenship: distribution of rights and protection of freedom at the level of the nation state.