Making Foreign: Legal Identity, Social Policy and the Contours of Belonging in the Contemporary Dominican Republic



Hayes De Kalaf, EL ORCID: 0000-0002-8343-4319
(2018) Making Foreign: Legal Identity, Social Policy and the Contours of Belonging in the Contemporary Dominican Republic. [Staff Thesis]

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Abstract

This empirical, multidisciplinary study offers a critical perspective into social policy architectures primarily in relation to questions of race, national identity and belonging in the Americas. It is the first to identify a connection between the universal provision of legal identity in the Dominican Republic with arbitrary measures to restrict access to citizenship paperwork from populations of (largely, but not exclusively) Haitian descent. The study highlights the current gap in global policy that overlooks the possible alienating effects of social inclusion measures, particularly in countries that discriminate against migrant-descended populations. It also supports concerns in scholarship regarding the dangers of identity management, noting that as administrative systems improve, new insecurities and uncertainties can develop (Seltzer and Anderson, 2001; Bigo, 2006; Lyon, 2009). The project therefore serves as a warning about the potential use of social policy architectures for authoritarian practices. In this regard, it offers a timely critique of global policy measures to provide all people everywhere with a legal identity in the run-up to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Item Type: Staff Thesis
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2019 15:06
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:57
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3033743