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Conference Announcement: The Margins of Citizenship at the University of London

By Lawrence Solum

Conference: The Margins of Citizenship

Citizenship is a central concept in normative political philosophy, law, and public policy. It marks out those to whom we owe special attention, those who have the right to determine their society?s shape, and those who can command the full set of entitlements made available by the state. Full citizenship is a highly prized position. Many members of society, however lack the full status of citizenship, because they do not possess the full set of citizenship rights (resident aliens, children, prisoners), and/or because, even if they do, economic forces and social norms tend to push them to the margins. Equal citizenship continues to be the site of social struggle. The object of this conference is to reflect upon the margins of citizenship, to investigate the nature of partial citizenship and whether it can be justified, and to consider what marginal citizenship implies for the concept of citizenship itself, as well as allied ideas such as social justice and rights.

Speakers:

David Owen (Southampton): Citizenship and the Marginalities of Migrants]
Respondent:  Jonathan Seglow (Royal Holloway)

Peter Ramsay (LSE): Can Prisoners have the Rights of Citizens in a Democracy?
Respondent: Alfonso Donoso (York)

Philip Cook (Leicester): Child-Citizenship, Fairness, and Marginalisation
Respondent: Sarah Hannan (Oxford)

Kimberley Brownlee (Manchester): A Human Right against Social Deprivation
Respondent: Virginia Mantouvalou (Leicester)

Supported by the Contemporary Political Theory Research Group, Royal Holloway, University of London and the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester.

10 am  - 5 pm

Friday 12 November 2010

Royal Holloway, University of London, Central London Campus, 2 Gower Street (entrance on Montague Place), London, WC1E 6DP

Attendance is free but spaces are limited so if you would like to come please register in advance with Lisa Dacunha, (Lisa.Dacunha@rhul.ac.uk).

For more details please email the conference organisers: Jonathan Seglow (j.seglow@rhul.ac.uk) or Philip Cook (pac20@le.ac.uk)

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).