CALL FOR PAPERS

Issue 35 / “Internationalizing citizenship: Discussions on citizenship in International Relations”

To be published in June 2017

The concept of citizenship, while central for the discipline of Political Science, has also been approached by IR, mainly since the 1980s, in parallel to the advancement of neoliberalism. Among the scholarly research that has shown the potential of IR contributions to this domain are the cosmopolitan proposals developed by authors such as David Held, Andrew Linklater, Marion Young or Thomas Pogge; feminist theory like that of Cynthia Enloe, who analyses how gender relations affect and are affected by international structures and dynamics;  International Political Sociology, which looks at the emergence of borders/boundaries as a model of exclusion and political administration; or critical security studies, which analyse how security practices and logics produce new political subjects in addition to transforming the established order.

This plurality of approaches indicates that there are different lines of investigation exploring the influence of global relations on the creation of citizenship as a concept and a concrete array of practices. In line with this interest, we want to dedicate this issue to delve into the dialogue between the discipline of International Relations and the processes of citizenship construction. Contributions exploring the following three domains of research are particularly welcome. 

First, we are interested in analysing the role played by political transitions in the transformation of the concept of citizenship. For instance, what concept of citizenship has been developed in the transition toward free-market capitalism in post-soviet societies? Into what models of citizenship have the success and failures of the processes associated to the Arab spring evolved? And looking at the Latin American context, how has the concept of citizenship been transformed through the inclusion of rights of historically excluded indigenous populations?

Secondly, we are particularly interested in delving into the notions of citizenship as expressed by the recent struggles and resistances of European social movements. How do they consider that the austerity politics implemented by the European Union question and defy the meaning of citizenship? How are the reflections spurring from these movements contributing to build concepts and strategies around “the right to have rights” for social groups such as migrants? How are feminist approaches incorporated in such conceptions? Are these critical practices able to foster an alternative political consciousness and break free from nation-state dependence? What kind of relationships do current struggles establish with previous phenomena such as anti-globalization movements?

Lastly, we particularly welcome analyses that critically engage with the ways in which neoliberalism has deeply transformed the provision of public services. For instance, in African states, public supplies largely depend on the intervention of certain global agents such as international organizations, extractive enterprises, pharmaceutical companies or international NGOs. Are these interventions creating a new notion of transnational citizenship, very limited in time and oriented only to specific groups of population? What kind of differentiations and social grievances are these experiences producing? Are these interventions contributing to the establishment of a conception of rights characterized by the exclusion of large groups of the population, in explicit opposition to the principle of universality? ?

 

DUE DATE:

ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts (max. 250 words) should be sent via email no later than September 1st 2016 to this e-mail address:

jorge.estevez@relacionesinternacionales.info (Jorge Estévez)

Notification of acceptance or refusal will be sent along the week following this deadline.

 

ARTICLES:
Accepted ARTICLES must be sent and abide by our journal’s Style Guide (in Spanish, Manual de Estilo) for submission to a double blind peer-review no later than November 1st 2016. The articles must be uploaded on the Relaciones Internacionales website https://revistas.uam.es/relacionesinternacionales/user/register, after registering as an author.

For more information, please contact:
jorgeestevez@relacionesinternacionales.info

 

LANGUAGES:

Articles in Spanish or English will be accepted, and will be translated into Spanish for publication.