The Double Erosion of Liberal Citizenship: Economization and Moralization.
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| Title: | The Double Erosion of Liberal Citizenship: Economization and Moralization. |
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| Authors: | Joppke, Christian1 (AUTHOR) christian.joppke@unibe.ch |
| Source: | British Journal of Sociology. Jun2025, Vol. 76 Issue 3, p553-565. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: | *EUROPEAN citizenship, *NATURALIZATION, *CITIZENSHIP, *EMIGRATION & immigration, *EROSION |
| Geographic Terms: | WESTERN Europe |
| Abstract: | Contemporary liberal state citizenship is hollowed‐out from two sides simultaneously. One is economization: it foregrounds the capacity to "contribute" and to be self‐providing as criterion for naturalization, and it shows the imprint of neoliberalism as political‐ordering and subject‐forming principle. The other is moralization: it asks certain applicants for citizenship not just for observing the law but internalizing and identifying with its underlying values, and it occurs in a context of allegedly failing Muslim immigration, particularly in Western Europe. Both tendencies challenge foundational elements of liberal citizenship: the notion, central to social liberalism since John Stuart Mill, that society is non‐contractual and a community of fate, with respect to economization; and the Kantian distinction between morality and legality, or between belief and conduct, with respect to moralization. I illustrate both trends with recent citizenship reforms in Western Europe, with a focus on Germany, Britain, France, and Switzerland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Database: | Academic Search Index |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Contemporary liberal state citizenship is hollowed‐out from two sides simultaneously. One is economization: it foregrounds the capacity to "contribute" and to be self‐providing as criterion for naturalization, and it shows the imprint of neoliberalism as political‐ordering and subject‐forming principle. The other is moralization: it asks certain applicants for citizenship not just for observing the law but internalizing and identifying with its underlying values, and it occurs in a context of allegedly failing Muslim immigration, particularly in Western Europe. Both tendencies challenge foundational elements of liberal citizenship: the notion, central to social liberalism since John Stuart Mill, that society is non‐contractual and a community of fate, with respect to economization; and the Kantian distinction between morality and legality, or between belief and conduct, with respect to moralization. I illustrate both trends with recent citizenship reforms in Western Europe, with a focus on Germany, Britain, France, and Switzerland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00071315 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1468-4446.13193 |