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Oxford University Press, USA
Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights
Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights
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Citizenship within our current international system signifies being fully human, or being worthy of fundamental human rights. For some vulnerable groups, however, this form of political membership is limited or missing entirely, and they face human rights challenges despite a prevalence of
international human rights law. These protection gaps are central to hierarchies of personhood, or inequalities that render some people more worthy than others for protections and political membership. As a remedy, Lindsey N. Kingston proposes the ideal of functioning citizenship, which requires an active and mutually-beneficial relationship between the state and the individual and necessitates the opening of political space for those who cannot be neatly categorized. It signifies membership in
a political community, in which citizens support their government while enjoying the protections and services associated with their privileged legal status. At the same time, an inclusive understanding of functioning citizenship also acknowledges that political membership cannot always be limited by
the borders of the state or proven with a passport. Fully Human builds its theory by looking at several hierarchies of personhood, from the stateless to the forcibly displaced, migrants, nomadic peoples, indigenous nations, and second class citizens in the United States. It challenges the binary
between citizen and noncitizen, arguing that rights are routinely violated in the space between the two. By recognizing these realities, we uncover limitations built into our current international system--but also begin to envision a path toward the realization of human rights norms founded on
universality and inalienability. The ideal of functioning citizenship acknowledges the persistent power of the state, yet it does not rely solely on traditional conceptions of citizenship that have proven too flawed and limited for securing true rights protection.
Author: Lindsey N. Kingston
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/03/2019
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780190918262
Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2019
international human rights law. These protection gaps are central to hierarchies of personhood, or inequalities that render some people more worthy than others for protections and political membership. As a remedy, Lindsey N. Kingston proposes the ideal of functioning citizenship, which requires an active and mutually-beneficial relationship between the state and the individual and necessitates the opening of political space for those who cannot be neatly categorized. It signifies membership in
a political community, in which citizens support their government while enjoying the protections and services associated with their privileged legal status. At the same time, an inclusive understanding of functioning citizenship also acknowledges that political membership cannot always be limited by
the borders of the state or proven with a passport. Fully Human builds its theory by looking at several hierarchies of personhood, from the stateless to the forcibly displaced, migrants, nomadic peoples, indigenous nations, and second class citizens in the United States. It challenges the binary
between citizen and noncitizen, arguing that rights are routinely violated in the space between the two. By recognizing these realities, we uncover limitations built into our current international system--but also begin to envision a path toward the realization of human rights norms founded on
universality and inalienability. The ideal of functioning citizenship acknowledges the persistent power of the state, yet it does not rely solely on traditional conceptions of citizenship that have proven too flawed and limited for securing true rights protection.
Author: Lindsey N. Kingston
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/03/2019
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780190918262
Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2019
About the Author
Lindsey N. Kingston is an Associate Professor of International Human Rights at Webster University, where she directs the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.
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