Domicile citizenship, human mobility and territoriality
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- 30 August 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Progress in Human Geography
- Vol. 38 (1) , 91-106
Abstract
Formal citizenship often excludes migrants who were not born in the national territory in which they reside and/or were born to parents of foreign nationality. In this article, I explore how the domicile principle of citizenship can better accommodate migrants. Although this principle has a long history, it has only recently received significant attention among scholars. I examine the tensions between formal citizenship, mobility and territoriality, while developing a practical argument in support of domicile as an alternative configuration of territorial formal citizenship. Moreover, I highlight the capacity of domicile to include migrants at local and urban scales.Keywords
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