GGRC13H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: De Jure, Jus Soli
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Able to vote, inclusion, into what ever the norm of society is, legal belonging- legally saying that you are part of this country (the formal aspect) Rights and privileges all citizenship is also an act of exclusion. Most broadly, a kind of membership that is simultaneously political and territorial. In medieval europe, a citizen" was someone who lived within the walls of the city, and who thus was entitled to certain rights not granted to those outside. While citizenship is a status given by the nation state, many of the rights and duties of citizenship are exercised at the local level. In ontario - until the 1950s, only property owners were allowed to vote in municipal elections: they have changed, it use to be property owners who could only vote in municipal elections. Citizenship is a social contract" with the state.
