Denizenship, Immigration, and Legitimacy: How Identity, Membership, and Experience Shape Perceptions of the State

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

An emerging body of “second wave” scholarship addresses the absence of culture, diversity, and identity in traditional procedural justice and legitimacy literature. This panel explores questions of denizenship, immigration, and legitimacy in a contemporary global context. Each paper examines variations in the relationship between the individual and the state as resulting, in part, from the experience of shared identities—as non-citizens, refugees, minorities, or a combination of all three. Research findings highlight tensions between the state’s power to define the parameters of inclusion and exclusion and the state’s need to be viewed as legitimate in order to maintain dominance and compliance.

Sub Unit

• Area X. Perceptions and Responses to Crime and Justice / 53. Perceptions of Justice and Legal Marginalization

Individual Presentations

• The Implications of Denizenship for Legitimacy in the U.S. Immigration Context - Rajeev Gundur, University of Liverpool; Maya Pagni Barak, University of Michigan-Dearborn

• Fear and Confusion: Greece’s Untenable Hotspots - Hillary Mellinger, American University

• What are Legitimacy and Trust?: Why People View These Concepts Differently - Emma Ashooh, American University; Erin Kearns, University of Alabama; Belén Lowrey, American University

Chair

• Dwight C Smith, Retired