DANIEL CHIARETTI

Theories of justice are generally concerned with the basic domestic structure of a given state, without a special focus on global justice. However, for some years now, issues related to immigration have attracted the attention of political philosophy due to the difficulties of accommodating this theme within established theories. In this sense, contemporary republicanism has also endeavoured to provide a satisfactory theoretical response to the topic of international migration, especially statelessness and refugee flows. However, by relying on a stronger conception of citizenship and turning to the domestic institutions of the republic, republicanism has more difficulties in dealing with individuals who, as a rule, cannot be categorised as such. The denial of a status that allows protection against domination can thus violate central aspects of contemporary republicanism. The central aim of this research is to investigate the limits of the traditional concept of republican citizenship in terms of guaranteeing non-domination. Our hypothesis is that, in order to consolidate itself as an alternative to liberalism, neo-republicanism cannot restrict itself to the citizen.