Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
Portugal, France, citizenship, racism, minorities
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2012.681449
Abstract
The quality of contemporary democracies hinges on the breadth and depth of the citizenship regimes on which democracy ultimately rests. This article argues that, to assess citizenship, two important dimensions are of crucial interest, namely to what extent formal citizens are able to live and practice substantive citizenship roles and, secondly, how access to citizenship rights is used by different societal groups in order to defend privilege. Having conducted a comparative case study of Portugal and France, I now argue that political elites are contributing to a framing of non-whites as foreigners and immigrants because it serves their purpose and that of the majority of their electorate. I also demonstrate how academia contributes to this framing, as many scholars seem unable to free themselves from biased academic traditions, some of which are clearly racist.
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Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, v. 38, issue 7, p. 1067-1084
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on 10 May 2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1369183X.2012.681449.
Scholar Commons Citation
Reiter, Bernd, "Framing Non-Whites and Producing Second-Class Citizens in France and Portugal" (2012). Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gia_facpub/7
