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To examine post-2015 French security legislation and secularism enforcement, assessing their impact on citizenship rights and the targeted scrutiny of Muslim citizens.

October 13, 2017Citizenship Studies

France citizenship in the aftermath of 2015: officializing a two-tier system?

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To examine post-2015 French security legislation and secularism enforcement, assessing their impact on citizenship rights and the targeted scrutiny of Muslim citizens.
Qualitative policy analysis of exceptional measures and secularism (laïcité) directives implemented after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.
Examination of political discourse, state of emergency powers, and grassroots legal contestations across France.
Exceptional state-of-emergency protocols and undefined Republican values institutionalized invasive scrutiny over the practices and bodies of Muslim citizens.
Security policies produced a de facto bifurcated civic hierarchy that compromised equal citizenship rights under the guise of state protection.
Civil society activists formulated novel legal and political mobilization frameworks to challenge discriminatory measures and advocate for inclusive egalitarian citizenship.

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Policy analysis reveals differential citizenship rights and heightened surveillance targeting Muslim citizens in France, highlighting the emergence of a structural two-tier legal framework.

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Amélie Barras (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fc707a528af2d65c32967 https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2017.1380647

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Policy analysis reveals differential citizenship rights and heightened surveillance targeting Muslim citizens in France, highlighting the emergence of a structural two-tier legal framework.

France citizenship in the aftermath of 2015: officializing a two-tier system?

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France citizenship in the aftermath of 2015: officializing a two-tier system?

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