W4- Citizenship

Question 1

Bellamy’s three components of citizenship

Answer 1

1. membership to a democratic political community
   belief
2. collective benefits and rights that come with membership (comes with a belief for the right to have rights)
3. social and economic participation within the interest of political community

Question 2

Bellamy: how has globalisation impacted citizenship

Answer 2

increased individualism which has decreased interest in democratic political community
–> public/private schools which produces higher inequalities

Question 3

Chung: what are two assumptions made due to heavily westernised theories of citizenship

Answer 3

1. citizenship is based on universality, equality and transparency
2. citizenship rights are enforced consistently within the territorial demarcation lines of that particular country

Question 4

Chung: what are three characteristics of non-western citizenship

Answer 4

1. organised at the mess level (family household)
2. there is a continuum of citizenship of rights e.g. Qatar, muslims can naturalise but do not have full citizenship rights (states also have power to rake away citizenship rights…reminds us of power of state)
3. hierarchy of citizens…and citizenship is contingent rather than universal (e.g. citizenship rights dependent on where you live)

Question 5

summarise the main difference between western nd non-western citizenship

Answer 5

citizenship is contingent in non-western countries, whereas universal is western
citizenship is based on obligation to nation state (non western), rather than individual human rights (western)

Question 6

explain the humour legislation and its effects

Answer 6

humour legislation means that citizenship is organised at the meso level (family households).
Household are registered –> rural to urban migration means you have to change your registration. Sometimes this isn’t possible due to citizenship rights, and thus there are undocumented nationals in urban areas particularly