Blitz, Brad; (2024) Citizenship and statelessness. In: Cabeza, Marisol García and Faist, Thomas, (eds.) Encyclopedia of Citizenship Studies. (pp. 192-197). Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK.

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Abstract

The concept of citizenship has deep roots in legal, political and social thought. By contrast, the notion of statelessness has only recently received wider attention. Statelessness is often described in opposition to citizenship. However, this pairing is not always helpful since these terms developed separately, and their association cannot be understood without reference to the related concepts of the state, and nationality. Citizenship features in both formal and substantive discussions on the meaning and exercise of political and economic rights. The term is frequently used to denote membership of a political community, which grants status and in turn also provides a source of identity. The term ‘statelessness’ was popularised on the back of the post-war refugee regime, though the problem of managing large numbers of stateless people featured in international treaties in the nineteenth century. This chapter examines the role citizenship and statelessness play in society, the history or statelessness, the root causes of people becoming stateless and how this differs from state to state.

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