Borders, Citizenship, and Global Inequality: What Barriers, Pushbacks, and Passport Controls Reveal About Our Understanding of the Equality of Humankind

Borders are ubiquitous. As invisible lines, they contribute to a functioning world order and guarantee security for the people. In the form of walls and fences, they divide society and establish strongholds of prosperity that are not accessible to everyone. A similar effect can be observed in connec...

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Published in:German law journal Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 22 - 42
Main Authors: Towfigh, Emanuel V., Weyl, Niklas T.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Toronto Cambridge University Press 01.02.2025
Subjects:
18th century
20th century
Borders
Boundaries
Citizenship
Cooperation
Discourses
discrimination
Equality
exclusion
Fences
global inequality
Humans
Inequality
Injustice
International law
Life chances
Passports & visas
World order
ISSN:2071-8322, 2071-8322
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Summary:Borders are ubiquitous. As invisible lines, they contribute to a functioning world order and guarantee security for the people. In the form of walls and fences, they divide society and establish strongholds of prosperity that are not accessible to everyone. A similar effect can be observed in connection with the concept of citizenship, which binds people fatefully to a particular territory and thus significantly determines an individual’s life chances. This article shows how borders and their protection as well as the concept of citizenship challenge fundamental ideas of justice and traces discourses that seek to evolve the current border and citizenship regimes into a more universal and just form of human coexistence.
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ISSN:2071-8322
2071-8322
DOI:10.1017/glj.2024.39