1. What are the contributions in this paper?
The first part of the article explores these developments in general terms with regard to the values underpinning inclusive citizenship ; the implications of the notion of cultural citizenship ; and the theorization of differentiated forms of citizenship, which nevertheless appeal to universalist principles.. These principles provide the basis for the citizenship claims of people living in poverty, a group largely ignored in citizenship studies.. The second part of the article discusses how citizenship studies has reworked the concept in a more inclusionary direction through the development of a multi-tiered analysis, which pays attention to the spaces and places in which lived citizenship is practised.
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2. What is the key element in a human rights conceptualization of poverty?
A key element in a human rights conceptualization of poverty, which translates into concrete citizenship claims, is the idea that rights are indivisible or interdependent so that socio-economic and cultural rights are not separate from civil and political rights.
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3. What does the author mean by ‘participatory parity’?
According to Fraser, participatory parity requires a distribution of material resources ‘such as to ensure…independence and “voice”’ and ‘institutionalized patterns of cultural value [which] express equal respect for all participants and ensure equality opportunity for achieving social esteem’ (ibid.).
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4. What is the centrality of the thesis?
The centrality that Stevenson accords to the politics of difference chimes with more general developments in citizenship theory, inspired in particular by feminism.
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