Refugees, nationalism, and political membership

This essay aims to understand how refugees present a problem for liberal nation-states. The point of departure is Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism where she argues that the continual existence of refugees within liberal nation-states threatens to break down the principle of equality before th...

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Main Author: Signe Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2012-09-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
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Online Access:http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-7-n-3-2012/54-conference-paper/352-refugees-nationalism-and-political-membership