Politics of statelessness and citizenship: lives in the shadows

Kaveri (2019) Politics of statelessness and citizenship: lives in the shadows. [Editorial Materials]

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Abstract

The commentary examines statelessness as a major humanitarian and socio-legal issue, focusing on the persecution and exclusion of the Rohingya in Myanmar. It explores how citizenship and legal identity provide access to rights, security and social belonging, while exclusionary, state-controlled citizenship policies can produce disenfranchisement, poverty, forced migration and displacement. The article highlights the role of ethno-religious discrimination and majoritarian politics in sustaining the Rohingya’s prolonged condition of statelessness.

Item Type:	Editorial Materials
Authors:	Kaveri
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Political Science > Civil & political rights
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Ranchi > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7810
Publisher URL:	https://cafedissensus.wordpress.com/2019/09/17/pol...

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