Birthright Lottery

Citizenship and Global Inequality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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The vast majority of the global population acquires citizenship purely by accidental circumstances of birth. There is little doubt that securing membership status in a given state bequeaths to some a world filled with opportunity and condemns others to a life with little hope. Gaining privileges by such arbitrary criteria as one’s birthplace is discredited in virtually all fields of public life, yet birthright entitlements still dominate our laws when it comes to allotting membership in a state.In The Birthright Lottery, Ayelet Shachar argues that birthright citizenship in an affluent society can be thought of as a form of property inheritance: that is, a valuable entitlement transmitted by law to a restricted group of recipients under conditions that perpetuate the transfer of this prerogative to their heirs. She deploys this fresh perspective to establish that nations need to expand their membership boundaries beyond outdated notions of blood-and-soil in sculpting the body politic. Located at the intersection of law, economics, and political philosophy, The Birthright Lottery further advocates redistributional obligations on those benefiting from the inheritance of membership, with the aim of ameliorating its most glaring opportunity inequalities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-04-30
Mått156 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt586 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor290
FörlagHarvard University Press
ISBN9780674032712
UtmärkelserNominated for Lionel Gelber Prize 2010

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* Preface * Introduction: The Puzzle of Birthright Citizenship Part I: Birthright Citizenship and Global Inequality * Re-conceptualizing Membership: Citizenship as Inherited Property * Abolishing vs. Resurrecting Borders: Moving Beyond the Binary Options * A New Basis for Global Redistribution: The Birthright Privilege Levy Part II: From Global to Local: Over-Inclusion, Under-Inclusion, and Democratic Legitimacy * Blood and Soil: Birthright Citizenship in the Domestic Arena * Popular Defenses of Birthright Citizenship and Their Limitations * Curtailing Inheritance: Towards a Jus Nexi Membership Allocation Principle * Notes * References * Index

OK, you were lucky enough to be born in one of the wealthier countries of the world. But what makes you entitled to enjoy the benefits of this accident of birth while others in poorer countries are starving to death through no fault of their own? Ayelet Shachar argues that the privileges of hereditary entitlement to citizenship may be legitimate, but so too are the claims to citizenship of those born elsewhere who have developed bonds of community involvement. Birthright citizenship is a special kind of inherited property, and a society has a right to impose restrictions and qualifications on what rights flow from the chance occurrence of ‘being born here.’ This book is an important jumping-off point not only for the immigrant rights movement, but also for all of us who would like to see the eventual dismantling of restriction on immigration, or even of all national boundaries.