The radicalisation of citizenship deprivation

Choudhury, Tufyal

doi:10.1177/0261018316684507

The radicalisation of citizenship deprivation

Choudhury, Tufyal

Authors

Tufyal Choudhury t.a.choudhury@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

This article addresses the regulation of citizenship in the UK, in particular the recent increased powers of citizenship deprivation against individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism. It examines the genealogy of such a practice and explains the juridical context of its use. It argues that changes in citizenship policies, broadening state power and removing substantive and procedural safeguards, have eroded equal citizenship by creating a hierarchy among British citizens. This radical policy shift has been enacted in the context of counter radicalisation policies that posit commitment to British values as a key weapon in the ‘war on terror’. Muslims are at best ‘Tolerated Citizens’, required to demonstrate their commitment to British values. Muslims holding unacceptable extremist views are ‘Failed Citizens’ while the ‘home-grown’ radicalised terrorist suspect is conceived of as the barbaric Other to British values, whose failure as a citizen is severe enough to justify the deprivation of citizenship.

Citation

Choudhury, T. (2017). The radicalisation of citizenship deprivation. Critical Social Policy, 37(2), 225-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018316684507

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 15, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jan 9, 2017
Publication Date	May 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Jan 25, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jan 25, 2017
Journal	Critical Social Policy
Print ISSN	0261-0183
Electronic ISSN	1461-703X
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	37
Issue	2
Pages	225-244
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018316684507

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Choudhury, Tufyal (2017) 'The radicalisation of citizenship deprivation.', Critical social policy., 37 (2). pp. 225-244. Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.