Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
13226:[2025 Fall]IR18‐FE201 Special Lecture (Core Related Course) (RC) § 13227:IR-EDS201 Special Lecture (Core Related Course) (RC) § 13228:RUIR-2532 Special Lecture (PGSCR)(RC) 2025 Fall Fri2 College　Of　International　Relations ISHIKAWA RYOKO 2

Campus

KIC

Class Venue

MEIGAKUKAN　MG001

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

Reconsidering citizenship and borders

What is citizenship, and why does it matter? Who is entitled to be a citizen? Who has the right to accept and reject newcomers? These old questions of citizenship are becoming ever more important today. This class aims to re-examine the idea of citizenship and borders by discussing the literature of normative political theory.

SKP students, among other students, are welcome in this class.

・この科目にはSKP（交換・短期留学生）の学生が多く参加します。クラスの受講者数が多くなる場合があります。
・This class welcomes SKP (Exchange/ Short term international) students. Please understand that the class size can be larger.

【+R-Jugyo】Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on the “Course News” on manaba+R by September 20. Be sure to check the “Course News” on manaba+R.

Student Attainment Objectives

By the completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify the key ideas of selected major normative accounts of citizenship
2. apply the essential concepts to real-world issues through a research project
3. develop research, writing, and presentation skills

Recommended Preparatory Course

None but basic knowledge of philosophy and political theory would be helpful.

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Introduction

-Introduction to the course
-Defining citizenship

[+R-Jugyo] For the details, refer to Manaba+R.

2

Ideals of citizenship (1): Citizenship as membership

Required
Michael Walzer, Spheres of Justice, Basic Books, 1983: Ch. 2 (pp. 31-63).

Recommended
David Held, Models of Democracy, 3rd edition, Ch. 1 (pp. 11-28).
J. G. A. Pocock, "The Ideal of Citizenship Since Classical Times" in Robert Beiner ed., Theorizing Citizenship, SUNY Press, 1995: pp.29-52.
Ayelet Shachar, The Birthright Lottery, Harvard University Press, 2009: Introduction (pp.1-15).

3

Ideals of citizenship (2): citizenship and the welfare state
<Face-to-face session in the classroom>

Required
Michael Ignatieff, "The Myth of Citizenship" in Robert Beiner ed., Theorizing citizenship: pp.53-77.

Recommended
David Held, Models of Democracy, 3rd edition, Ch. 3 (pp. 56-95).
Michael Sandel, Justice, Ch. 6 (pp. 140-166).
Michael Walzer, Spheres of Justice, Basic Books, 1983: Ch. 2 (pp. 31-63).

4

Ideals of citizenship (3): a good citizen is an obedient citizen?

Required
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971, sec. 55-59 (pp.363-391).

5

Ideals of citizenship (4): cosmopolitan citizenship?

Required
David Held, Models of Democracy, 3rd edition, Ch. 11 (pp. 290-311).

Recommended
Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity, Profile Books, 2018: Ch. 6.
David Held, Democracy and the Global Order, Polity Press, 1995.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity, Profile Books, 2018: Ch. 3.

6

Reconsidering borders: democracy and the boundary problem

Required
Robert Dahl, After the Revolution?, Yale University Press, 1970: Ch.2 excerpt (pp.45-51)

Recommended
Robert Goodin, “Enfranchising All Affected Interests, and Its Alternatives,” Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 35, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 40-68.
Thomas Christiano, “A Democratic Theory of Territory and Some Puzzles about Global democracy,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 37 No.1, Spring 2006: pp. 81-107.

7

Citizenship and global inequality (1): global poverty and borders

Required
Thomas Pogge, “Assisting the Global Poor,” Thomas Pogge and Keith Horton eds. Global Ethics: Seminal Essays (Paragon House, 2008), pp. 531-563.

Recommended
Joseph Carens, “The Case for Open Borders,” The Ethics of Immigration (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 225‒254.
Kieran Oberman, “Poverty and Immigration Policy,” American Political Science Review 109, 2 (2015): pp.239‒251. RUL online: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055415000106
Thomas Pogge, “Priorities of Global Justice,” Metaphilosophy, vol. 32, no. 1/2, 2001, pp. 6–24. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24439448. Accessed March 31st. 2021.
Ayelet Shachar, The Birthright Lottery, Harvard University Press, 2009: Introduction (pp.1-15), Ch. 4 and 5 (pp. 111-163).

8

Citizenship and global inequality (2): moral duties to the distant needy

Required
Peter Singer. The Life You Can Save, New York: Random House (2009), chapters 1 to 4.

Recommended
Ayelet Shachar, The Birthright Lottery, Harvard University Press, 2009: Ch. 4 and 5 (pp. 111-163).
Joseph Carens, The Ethics of Immigration, Oxford University Press, 2013: Ch. 11-12 (pp.225-287)

9

Citizenship and global inequality (3): refugees

Required
Chandran Kukathas, “Are Refugees Special?” in Sarah Fine and Lea Ypi eds., Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership (Oxford University Press, 2016), 249‒268.

Recommended
Max Cherem, "Refugee Rights: Against Expanding the Definition of a “Refugee” and Unilateral Protection Elsewhere." Journal of Political Philosophy 24, 2 (2015), pp. 183- 205. RUL online: https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12071[RU library database]

10

Culture and boundary (1): culture and gender

Required
Abu-Lughod, L. 2002. Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? American Anthropologist 104 (3): 783-790. [RU library database]

Recommended
Susan Okin. “Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?” in Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, Edited by Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha Nussbaum, Princeton University Press, 1999: Ch.1 (pp. 7-24)
Nancy Fraser, “Rethinking Recognition,” New Left Review, 3, pp. 107-120. [Available online https://newleftreview.org/II/3/nancy-fraser-rethinking-recognition]
Diane Richardson, “Rethinking Sexual Citizenship,” Sociology, Vol.51 (2), 2017: pp. 208-224. [RU library database]

11

Culture and boundary (2): linguistic justice

The reading list will be posted soon.

12

Final essay workshop

Preparation and advising

13

Animal rights, animal citizenship?

The reading list will be posted soon.

14

Concluding lecture: pushing the limits of freedom

Assisted dying: gender and culture

Zoom live streaming + video-on-demand class

The reading list will be posted soon.

Class Format

Media-based class is held on week 14. Other classes are face-to-face sessions in the classroom.

Recommendations for Private Study

The reading list above is provisional. A complete reading list will be provided to the students during the first class.

The reading assignment will consist of approximately 20 to 30 pages each week. Students must complete the reading before each class and come prepared for discussion. For online on-demand video sessions, students must submit their comments based on the lecture and the reading assignments.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

1. Weekly comment assignment (14 classes): 50%
2. Final essay (2,000 words): 30%
3. Overall participation and class contribution: 20%

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Attendance/participation policy

Students must attend at least ten classes to obtain credit for this course. Students must meet this attendance requirement to be given credits.


Late assignment policy

For weekly comment assignments, no late submission is accepted in principle.

For other assignments, late papers will be penalized 1/2 of a letter grade per day late. For example, if your paper is worth an A but is submitted three hours after the deadline, you'll receive an A- instead. This policy applies to all the assignments students submit in this class. However, this rule does not apply if you are seriously ill or in an emergency. You are responsible for letting the instructor know about such a situation, and you may be asked to present evidence for your emergency.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

There is no prerequisite for this class. Knowledge of western philosophy and political theory may be helpful. Students will read theoretical and philosophical papers and discuss them. Be ready to participate in the discussion.

この授業では理論的・哲学的な英語文献を読み、それらについて英語でディスカッションやプレゼンテーションをします。高度の英語力が必要になりますので、そのつもりで受講してください。また、必須ではありませんが哲学、政治理論に関する授業を受講した経験があると役立つと思います。

-Course materials
Required readings will be available on Manaba+R.

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reading materials will be provided in class.

Reference Books

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Theorizing citizenshp Ronald Beiner SUNY Press 0791423360
The birthright lottery Ayelet Shachar Harvard University Press 9780674032712
The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship Ayelet Shachar, Rainer Bauboeck, Irene Bloemraad, and Maarten Vink Oxford University Press 9780198805854
Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction Richard Bellamy Oxford University Press 9780192802538

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Students in this class may find the books above interesting. These books can be useful for your final project.

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

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