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Better must come: Citizenship and belonging after statelessness

dc.contributor.authorBalazo, Patrick
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Development Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerDr. Ajay Parasramen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. John Cameronen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Robin Oakleyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Nissim Mannathukkarenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T18:07:09Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T18:07:09Z
dc.date.defence2017-08-23
dc.date.issued2017-08-30T18:07:09Z
dc.description.abstractIn light of the UNHCR’s global #IBELONG Campaign to end statelessness by 2024, this paper examines the benefits of citizenship acquisition among Sri Lanka’s previously stateless Up-country Tamil population. From 1948 until 2003, the Up-country Tamil population was stateless and excluded from the Sri Lankan political process, though with the 2003 grant of citizenship Sri Lanka was celebrated as an example of what it means to successfully end statelessness. Using a liberal theory of citizenship extended by the Rancièrian concept of dissensus, and based on qualitative interviews and questionnaire surveys conducted in Sri Lanka between July and August 2016, this paper identifies three potential shortcomings of citizenship acquisition that clash with the promise of the #IBELONG Campaign and the narrative of Sri Lanka’s success in ending statelessness: a rural rights deficit, a potential rights deficit among Up-country Tamil women, and a shared absence of belonging despite the acquisition of citizenship.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/73208
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectStatelessnessen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subject#IBELONG Campaignen_US
dc.subjectSri Lankaen_US
dc.subjectUp-country Tamilen_US
dc.titleBetter must come: Citizenship and belonging after statelessnessen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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