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Globalising Citizenship: The Impact of Global Migrations on Concept Formation

Answers to the question of what it means to be a citizen are as old as political theory itself. These answers have changed throughout history because citizenship is an open and unstable concept, which is provided its contents and meanings based on diverse political relations and contexts, in interaction with which it is formed and changed. For centuries the concept of citizenship has been associated  with the nation-state and nationality. Today,  this modern notion of citizenship has been challenged  by globalisation and global migrations. Contemporary global transformations give rise to a new form of citizenship that is not constituted exclusively around the ideas of territoriality and belonging. The main thesis of this article is that a theory of citizenship for a multicultural and global society must be based on the separation between citizenship and nationality. Global citizenship should be understood as an inclusive political community without any claim to common identity and belonging. We identify some major theoretical implications of global migration through which we can understand the need for contemporary conceptual changes that marks a rupture with the ways in which we have previously considered citizenship. By exploring the intersections of citizenship, community, and migration, we aim to deconstruct the contradictions of national citizenship and their simplistic transference to the global level in order to find ways of achieving new concept of imagining and practising political citizenship without belonging.

KEYWORDS: citizenship, globalisation, global migrations, political concepts, political community

ABSTRACT

Globalising Citizenship: The Impact of Global Migrations on Concept Formation

Answers to the question of what it means to be a citizen are as old as political theory itself. These answers have changed throughout history because citizenship is an open and unstable concept, which is provided its contents and meanings based on diverse political relations and contexts, in interaction with which it is formed and changed. For centuries the concept of citizenship has been associated  with the nation-state and nationality. Today,  this modern notion of citizenship has been challenged  by globalisation and global migrations. Contemporary global transformations give rise to a new form of citizenship that is not constituted exclusively around the ideas of territoriality and belonging. The main thesis of this article is that a theory of citizenship for a multicultural and global society must be based on the separation between citizenship and nationality. Global citizenship should be understood as an inclusive political community without any claim to common identity and belonging. We identify some major theoretical implications of global migration through which we can understand the need for contemporary conceptual changes that marks a rupture with the ways in which we have previously considered citizenship. By exploring the intersections of citizenship, community, and migration, we aim to deconstruct the contradictions of national citizenship and their simplistic transference to the global level in order to find ways of achieving new concept of imagining and practising political citizenship without belonging.

KEYWORDS: citizenship, globalisation, global migrations, political concepts, political community

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This paper explores interconnections of concepts of migration and citizenship by first presenting a case study of an internal migration of Bolivian indigenous communities which have been using temporary internal migrations as a form of political mobilization. An interpretation of such civic practices follows, on the one hand in the context of Bolivian politics, and on the other hand within concepts of “deep” (“ecological”) citizenship. To conclude, the author examines additional motives for migrations as a result of interactions of global mobility and new (Western) considerations of citizenship.

KEY WORDS: migration, citizenship, environment, ethics

ABSTRACT

This paper explores interconnections of concepts of migration and citizenship by first presenting a case study of an internal migration of Bolivian indigenous communities which have been using temporary internal migrations as a form of political mobilization. An interpretation of such civic practices follows, on the one hand in the context of Bolivian politics, and on the other hand within concepts of “deep” (“ecological”) citizenship. To conclude, the author examines additional motives for migrations as a result of interactions of global mobility and new (Western) considerations of citizenship.

KEY WORDS: migration, citizenship, environment, ethics

The text is published on the Slovenian side.

The text is published on the Slovenian side.

The text is published on the Slovenian side.

The text is published on the Slovenian side.

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Based on archival and newspaper sources, this article presents the life and work of the journalist, editor, critic, and social activist Hedwig von Radics-Kaltenbrunner (1845–1919). She spent her youth in Vienna and the rest of her life in Ljubljana. Thus the main question dealt with in the article is to what extent her Viennese experience and other European models influenced her work in Carniola. In addition, this article evaluates and defines the importance of the intercultural links she forged with important figures across Europe, and contextualizes this “forgotten” author within Slovenian cultural history.

KEY WORDS: Hedwig von Radics-Kaltenbrunner, mutual cultural influences, cultural and literary history, European influences

ABSTRACT

Based on archival and newspaper sources, this article presents the life and work of the journalist, editor, critic, and social activist Hedwig von Radics-Kaltenbrunner (1845–1919). She spent her youth in Vienna and the rest of her life in Ljubljana. Thus the main question dealt with in the article is to what extent her Viennese experience and other European models influenced her work in Carniola. In addition, this article evaluates and defines the importance of the intercultural links she forged with important figures across Europe, and contextualizes this “forgotten” author within Slovenian cultural history.

KEY WORDS: Hedwig von Radics-Kaltenbrunner, mutual cultural influences, cultural and literary history, European influences