Papers by Natalie Delia Deckard
Citizenship Studies, 2015
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2015
Violence against Black bodies in Florida is so widespread that the national #BlackLivesMatter mov... more Violence against Black bodies in Florida is so widespread that the national #BlackLivesMatter movement was born in the state on the night young Trayvon Martin was killed with impunity. This research investigates the socio-political context in which this violence is both legal and apparently accepted, problematizing the citizenship status of members of the Floridian African-American community-over 23 % of whom cannot vote due to stringent state felony disenfranchisement legislation. This research estimates the effects of this widespread electoral exclusion on Floridian elections and, resultantly, on the legislative realities of the state. We find that the form and extent of felony disenfranchisement in Florida have likely put the Right Party in power, worked to create legislation that is counter to the interests of African-Americans, and ultimately achieved a marginalization of the population so deleterious to its citizenship status as to put into question the worth of its members' lives.
Profound changes in global exchanges of goods, ideas and labor in the 20th century required schol... more Profound changes in global exchanges of goods, ideas and labor in the 20th century required scholars to critically engage with notions of citizenship, belonging and inclusion. Scholars of globalization initially posited the development of a postnational citizenship, wherein rights are attached to individuals as human beings rather than as members of particular nation-states. This article questions these theories in light of the evolution of neoliberalism in global markets and the worsening problems of the displaced and rightless. We show that, with the prioritization of market participation as a condition of full belonging, personhood is not sufficient for belonging or claims-making. We highlight the effects of the new “market citizenship” on migrant groups as well as native-born minorities, whose inclusion is increasingly based on economic success rather than legal citizenship. We consider the literature on the ways that neoliberalism builds upon historical economic inequalities to distribute citizenship rights to those individuals deemed productive within the current economic system. Finally, we demonstrate that the current citizenship regime is far from the postnational ideal.
This research explores how the beliefs of Muslim immigrants living in France compare to those of ... more This research explores how the beliefs of Muslim immigrants living in France compare to those of their counterparts in the United Kingdom. We conducted a survey of 400 Muslims in each nation and noted significant differences between them. We found that British Muslims felt less positively about the West and its influence in the Muslim world than did French Muslims. British Muslims were more likely to prioritize loyalty to the Ummah and to perceive hostility toward Islam. The findings are suggestive of a disparity in the immigrant experience in the two nations, as well as in the effectiveness of their government integration strategies.
Keywords: Assimilation, Citizenship, Immigration, Integration
Current literature finds that radicalization is correlated with both the holding of fundamentalis... more Current literature finds that radicalization is correlated with both the holding of fundamentalist religious beliefs and low socio-economic status. The authors interrogate these proposed relationships through a survey we commissioned of 1,200 Muslims living in Western Europe. They analyze, inter alia, Islamic religious fundamentalism, and explore its relationship to self-reported affluence. Controlling for demographic variables, they find that, on average, respondents from more prosperous families are more likely to practice Islam in a way closely associated with fundamentalism -they are more conservative regarding gender roles, seek the universal application of Islamic law, and embrace attitudes associated with a more politicized Islam. This relationship is strengthened among respondents who are unattached to the labor market due to unemployment. Additionally, respondents espousing this belief set are more supportive of the use of violence to 'defend their faith'.
This article investigates the relationship between social citizenship and state legitimacy in Wes... more This article investigates the relationship between social citizenship and state legitimacy in Western Europe, using secessionism to understand the strength of a state's authority over sovereign territory. Building on secessionism data used by , as well as work by , , and Janoski on citizenship, I look at seven nations -Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdomand the success of secessionist movements in each. I analyse how disparities in both national social citizenship policy, on the one hand, and more diffuse actually prevailing conditions of social rights, on the other, affect the strength of regional secession movements. This research finds that, as large scale clearly social citizenship policy becomes more generous on the national level, pro-secession movements are weakened overall. Conversely, to the extent that social conditions are expressive of social citizenship values, yet not directly attributable to large-scale and clear-cut social citizenship policies, secessionism is more likely.
This research explores how the beliefs of Muslim immigrants living in France compare to those of ... more This research explores how the beliefs of Muslim immigrants living in France compare to those of their counterparts in the United Kingdom. We conducted a survey of 400 Muslims in each nation and noted significant differences between them. We found that British Muslims felt less positively about the West and its influence in the Muslim world than did French Muslims. British Muslims were more likely to prioritize loyalty to the Ummah and to perceive hostility toward Islam. The findings are suggestive of a disparity in the immigrant experience in the two nations, as well as in the effectiveness of their government integration strategies.
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Papers by Natalie Delia Deckard
Keywords: Assimilation, Citizenship, Immigration, Integration
Keywords: Assimilation, Citizenship, Immigration, Integration