Citizenship and Political Agency. A Focus on Forms of Participation for Immigrants at Local Level

Immigrants’ political agency is undermined by political marginalization and disenfranchisement. Standardly citizenship acquisition is considered the key to improve immigrant’s exercise of political agency. By contrast, I propose, following Bauböck (2015), a “system of differentiated membership righ...

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Autor principal:	Silvia Mocchi
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Lenguaje:	EN FR IT
Publicado:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2019
Materias:	citizenship political agency participation enfranchisement Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5e930fcceb1f4cd097289546b5c3a3032021-12-02T08:15:18ZCitizenship and Political Agency. A Focus on Forms of Participation for Immigrants at Local Level10.13128/Phe_Mi-260712280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/5e930fcceb1f4cd097289546b5c3a3032019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7338https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 Immigrants’ political agency is undermined by political marginalization and disenfranchisement. Standardly citizenship acquisition is considered the key to improve immigrant’s exercise of political agency. By contrast, I propose, following Bauböck (2015), a “system of differentiated membership rights” that complements citizenship acquisition with the right to vote in local councils (based on a ius domicilii principle) and with law-making procedures based on a proportionality principle (Brighouse & Fleurbay, 2010). Distribution of power should hence be determined in proportion to people’s stakes in the decision under consideration and any time specific issues related to immigrant’s life arise, they should be provided with special tools (such as veto power) to stop any abuse from the majority. Silvia MocchiRosenberg & Sellierarticlecitizenshippolitical agencyparticipationenfranchisementAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 16 (2019)
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description	Immigrants’ political agency is undermined by political marginalization and disenfranchisement. Standardly citizenship acquisition is considered the key to improve immigrant’s exercise of political agency. By contrast, I propose, following Bauböck (2015), a “system of differentiated membership rights” that complements citizenship acquisition with the right to vote in local councils (based on a ius domicilii principle) and with law-making procedures based on a proportionality principle (Brighouse & Fleurbay, 2010). Distribution of power should hence be determined in proportion to people’s stakes in the decision under consideration and any time specific issues related to immigrant’s life arise, they should be provided with special tools (such as veto power) to stop any abuse from the majority.
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title	Citizenship and Political Agency. A Focus on Forms of Participation for Immigrants at Local Level
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Citizenship and Political Agency. A Focus on Forms of Participation for Immigrants at Local Level

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