Introduction to the symposium: intentional citizenship and citizens’ remedial obligation to share the compensation burden

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ABSTRACTIn this introduction, I provide a brief overview of the main arguments defended by Avia Pasternak in her book, ‘Responsible Citizens, Non-Responsible States’ and summarise the critics she will confront from four political and legal theorists who work in the area of individual citizens’ responsibility for state wrongdoings.KEYWORDS: Avia Pasternakintentional citizenshipdistributive effectstate wrongdoingsforward-looking responsibility Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsJinyu SunJinyu Sun is an Associate Researcher at the Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University. Her research interests include collective action, political obligation, and responsibility for injustice.