Citizenship Deprivation and the Constitutional State: The Politics of (Un) Belonging

Author: Rachel Pougnet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009354714
Published In: October 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Citizenship deprivation has made a striking return to the political and legal landscapes of liberal democracies. How can we account for this return and the subsequent normalisation of the powers? What explains 'resistances' to this return and variation between state practices? More broadly, what do we learn about citizenship deprivation when we read it through a constitutional lens? This book addresses these key questions through an in-depth, historically grounded, comparative analysis of France and the UK. In the book, citizenship deprivation is revealed not as a narrow counter-terrorism tool but as a racialised migration mechanism embedded in constitutional architectures and rooted in colonial legacies. By connecting citizenship regimes to state's constitutional structures, this book also shows how constitutional stories about citizenship infuse the behaviours of state actors (providing legitimation frames and discourses) and how these stories tie to states' structures, eventually accounting for variations between state practices.

1. Citizenship deprivation: back with a vengeance?

Part I. Citizenship and Politics of (Un)belonging:

2. Subjecthood and citizenship in the empires

3. Citizenship in the nation-state

4. Citizenship in the counter-terrorist state

Part II. Citizenship Deprivation in the Constitutional State:

5. 'Naturalised', 'registered', 'birthright', 'multiple/single nationality holder', 'short/long-term citizen': citizenship deprivation and categories of citizens

6. Courts and citizenship deprivation

7. Citizenship deprivation, constitutional rigidity, and legal change

8. Conclusion

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