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Category Archives: Citizenship
When “Voting and Earning” Are Not Enough.
According to Judith Shklar in her work, “American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion”, there are two main components of being a full, capable citizen in America, those being voting and earning. Each person must have the right and be legitimately … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Rights, Shklar
Tagged Japanese Internment, Sixth Amendment, Voting and Earning
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Earning and Education
The importance of earning was apparent in both American Citizenship by Judith N. Shklar and The Life of Frederick Douglass written by Frederick Douglass. In each reading, the inability to earn is compared to having a lack of freedom. Shklar … Continue reading
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The Freezing of American Democracy
When Things don’t Add Up In James Morone’s ‘The Democratic Wish’, he outlines a cycle for change occurring in American democracy. The cycle starts at a liberal political stalemate, moves to a popular response demanding action, creates new political institutions … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Democracy, Morone, The Democratic Wish
Tagged Discontent, government, polarization, society
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Black Lives Matter
We have read in the Classic Slave Narratives the lives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs. These narratives form an important part of African-American identity formation as well as demonstrate the considerable adversity past African-Americans have experienced. The shadow of slavery … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Democracy, Douglass, Jacobs, Law and Difference
Tagged Affirmative Action, Americans, civil rights
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American Empire and the “Quest for Inclusion” in the Case of American Samoa
In Judith Shklar’s American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion, she outlines how important voting, standing, and earning are to full inclusion as a citizen of the United States. Perhaps due to space concerns, Shklar could not devote much attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Rights, Shklar
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The Dark Side of Progress
The Dark Side of Progress Throughout the year we have discussed many of the conceivable ways to classify individuals as members of one group or another: establishing boundaries and creating insiders and outsiders for our society. This semester’s contributing authors … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Federalist #10, Shklar
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Scalia Dares You To Come at Him, Bro
We’ve all been reading a lot of crushingly pessimistic stuff this semester. When it comes to solutions, we’ve framed the path to realizing them in two ways: (1) through the legal system (2) through democratic action. But there is a … Continue reading
Steve Jobs- the modern example of a classic liberal
This past week we have been discussing classical liberalism and civic republicanism. Jennet asked us to think of someone that embodies either. Over the break, I watched a couple documentaries, and even read a biography on Steve Jobs. He’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Classic Liberalism, Democracy, Rights
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Dred Scott v Sanford
Dred Scott The Dred Scott v. Sanford Decision As we all know, during the creation of our nation’s government, the Founding Fathers did very little to end slavery. In fact, during this country’s conception, the future of slavery flourished because … Continue reading
Whiteness as Privilege: A Quest For Inclusion
In reading American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion by Judith Shklar, I couldn’t help but think about another Political Science Course and how we discussed the quest of inclusion of former black slaves. Shklar believed that citizenship was not equal … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Shklar
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