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Exclusion in the Liberal State

The Case of Immigration and Citizenship Policy

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BREMEN, GERMANY

Recent literature on the ‘exclusions’ of the modern nation-state has missed a major transformation in the legitimate mode of excluding, from group to individual-based. This transformation is explored in a discussion of universalistic trends in contemporary Western states’ immigration and citizenship policies. Conflicting with the notion of a ‘nation-state’ owned by a particular ethnic group or nation, these trends are better captured in terms of a ‘liberal state’ that has self-limited its sovereign prerogatives by constitutional principles of equality and individual rights.

Key Words: citizenship • discrimination • immigration • liberalism • nations and nationalism

European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 8, No. 1, 43-61 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1368431005049327


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