Strumia, F. and Kaushal, A. (2017) Opening the ranks of constitutional subjects : immigration, identity, and innovation in Italy and Canada. German Law Journal, 18 (7). pp. 1657-1682.
Abstract
The relationship between immigration and constitutional identity is simultaneously obvious and evasive. This article explores that relationship through a comparative case study of Italy and Canada. The authors begin with a conceptual analysis of the role of immigration against the backdrop of collective identity, constitutional identity, and constitutional subjectivity. The metaphor of immigration as a mirror of constitutional identity orients this analysis. Then an empirical comparison of the role of immigration in Italy and Canada demonstrates the very different place of immigration in national and constitutional narratives of ‘self’ and ‘other’. Yet, when the lens is widened to include their recent startup visa programs, their narratives start to converge as the new metonymy of innovation makes an appearance. This convergence marks a conceptual shift in constitutional identity: from immigration as mirror to immigration as display. As a tool of attraction for innovators, immigration law has both internal and external dimensions, which reverberate with implications for constitutional identity. Ultimately, the startup visa programs enlarge the constitutional “us” and make constitutional subjectivity more fluid.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The German Law Journal, Inc. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in German Law Journal. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2017 13:59 |
Last Modified: | 19 May 2020 09:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S2071832200022483 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123204 |
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