Relationalism and Citizenship Studies: why realist relational epistemology matters for citizenship and its study.
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| contents | <p>Abstract: This paper is inspired by the question of „what relations matter" (Klasche & Poopuu, 2023) and Vetik"s (2023) analysis of how differences among relational orientations shape citizenship studies. Building on these insights, the paper argues that relational approaches currently face two epistemic risks: first, a collapse into theoretical relativism rendering different accounts incommensurable; and second, debates over theoretical purity which obscures certain constitutive relations. To address these challenges, the paper recenters the question of „what relations matter" and reorients the debate from ontology to epistemology through three interrelated claims. First, it argues that relational theories necessarily generate partial and selective insights into citizenship. Second, it shows that treating such partiality as a flaw produces the epistemic risks identified above. Third, it advances a relational realist and epistemically reflexive approach to illustrate how such partial normative insights can be understood cumulatively, enabling plural yet objective mapping of citizenship and its study. For citizenship scholars, this stance offers a practical way to evaluate, combine, and critically reflect on diverse relational theories by examining what relations they foreground, what they omit, and how their insights can collectively expand citizenship and its study without hierarchy or relativism. Collectively, these three arguments reposition relational citizenship studies toward a pluralist and non-relativist epistemic orientation, contributing to a democratization of the field which respects a diversity of perspectives on citizenship and its study</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Relationalism and Citizenship Studies: why realist relational epistemology matters for citizenship and its study. Nawal Shaharyar Relational Realist Epistemic Reflexivity Epistemic Plurality Citizenship Studies <p>Abstract: This paper is inspired by the question of „what relations matter" (Klasche & Poopuu, 2023) and Vetik"s (2023) analysis of how differences among relational orientations shape citizenship studies. Building on these insights, the paper argues that relational approaches currently face two epistemic risks: first, a collapse into theoretical relativism rendering different accounts incommensurable; and second, debates over theoretical purity which obscures certain constitutive relations. To address these challenges, the paper recenters the question of „what relations matter" and reorients the debate from ontology to epistemology through three interrelated claims. First, it argues that relational theories necessarily generate partial and selective insights into citizenship. Second, it shows that treating such partiality as a flaw produces the epistemic risks identified above. Third, it advances a relational realist and epistemically reflexive approach to illustrate how such partial normative insights can be understood cumulatively, enabling plural yet objective mapping of citizenship and its study. For citizenship scholars, this stance offers a practical way to evaluate, combine, and critically reflect on diverse relational theories by examining what relations they foreground, what they omit, and how their insights can collectively expand citizenship and its study without hierarchy or relativism. Collectively, these three arguments reposition relational citizenship studies toward a pluralist and non-relativist epistemic orientation, contributing to a democratization of the field which respects a diversity of perspectives on citizenship and its study</p> |
| title | Relationalism and Citizenship Studies: why realist relational epistemology matters for citizenship and its study. |
| topic | Relational Realist Epistemic Reflexivity Epistemic Plurality Citizenship Studies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19508461 |