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PublisherDuke University Press

ISBN-100822362910

ISBN-139780822362913

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Number of Pages303 Pages

Publication NameCitizenship in Question : Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectEmigration & Immigration, Human Rights, Civics & Citizenship

TypeTextbook

AuthorJacqueline Stevens

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-026992

ReviewsThis is one of those books that you wish you could get everyone to read. ... For classes that focus on questions of global migration, political belonging and exclusion, and the powers of the State, this book is a useful resource. Rich in historical facts that help explain how we have reached a point where citizenship often overshadows humanity, Citizenship in Question will be a valuable addition for a required reading list or a personal library. Essential., Essential reading for academics in citizenship law, but also a broader audience grappling with what citizenship and belonging mean in a modern world., Powerful. . . . The contributing authors show through numerous examples how citizenship is not self-evident, nor can it be inferred from documents alone, which is another fundamental paradox to citizenship., "This is one of those books that you wish you could get everyone to read. ... For classes that focus on questions of global migration, political belonging and exclusion, and the powers of the State, this book is a useful resource. Rich in historical facts that help explain how we have reached a point where citizenship often overshadows humanity, Citizenship in Question will be a valuable addition for a required reading list or a personal library. Essential." -- M. Lecea Choice "[A] remarkable contribution that both adds to scholarship on citizenship and challenges some of the inherent assumptions that underpin citizenship studies. ... This sophisticated and wide-ranging volume is essential reading for not only those interested in citizenship, bureaucracy and the state, but also for a wider, non-academic audience." -- Kalathmika Natarajan LSE Review of Books "The case studies in this volume present a significant human rights challenge. . . . Citizenship allocations may seem as neatly drawn as lines on the map of the world. As this volume demonstrates, there are many contexts in which they are hardly that." -- Peter J. Spiro Perspectives on Politics "Powerful. . . . The contributing authors show through numerous examples how citizenship is not self-evident, nor can it be inferred from documents alone, which is another fundamental paradox to citizenship." -- Sue-Je Lee Gage PoLAR "Essential reading for academics in citizenship law, but also a broader audience grappling with what citizenship and belonging mean in a modern world." -- Susi Foerschler Border Criminologies, The case studies in this volume present a significant human rights challenge. . . . Citizenship allocations may seem as neatly drawn as lines on the map of the world. As this volume demonstrates, there are many contexts in which they are hardly that., [A] remarkable contribution that both adds to scholarship on citizenship and challenges some of the inherent assumptions that underpin citizenship studies. ... This sophisticated and wide-ranging volume is essential reading for not only those interested in citizenship, bureaucracy and the state, but also for a wider, non-academic audience., By focusing on the difficulties citizens can face in proving that they are, in fact, citizens, as well as the frightening consequences that flow from these difficulties, the contributors to this volume offer a disturbing analysis of the precariousness of modern citizenship. Citizenship in Question is one of the most original and important books on citizenship in years., Writing on citizenship tends to take the legal status of citizens for granted. But what happens when a government refuses to recognize its own citizens? Citizenship in Question uniquely probes how citizenship status has been challenged by various levels of government and the dire consequences that can ensue. Presenting a great deal of new and little-known material, this volume is the first of its kind.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal323.6

Table Of ContentPreface: Ace's Story ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction / Jacqueline Stevens 1 Part I. International and Regional Protocols: Citizenship and Statelessness Protocols 1. Jus Soli and Statelessness: A Comparative Perspective from the Americas / Polly J. Price 27 2. The Politics of Evidence: Roma Citizenship Deficits in Europe / Jacqueline Bhabha 43 3. Statelessness-in-Question: Expert Testimony and the Evidentiary Burden of Statelessness / Benjamin N. Lawrance 60 4. Reproducing Uncertainty: Documenting Contested Sovereignty and Citizenship across the Taiwan Strait / Sara L. Friedman 81 5. What is a "Real" Australian Citizen?: Insights from Papua New Guinea and Mr. Amos Ame / Kim Rubenstein with Jacqueline Field 100 Part II. Official or Administrative Acts 6. To Know a Citizen: Birthright Citizenship Documents Regimes in U.S. History / Beatrice McKenzie 117 7. From the Outside Looking In: U.S. Passports in the Borderlands / Rachel E. Rosenbloom 132 8. Problems of Evidence, Evidence of Problems: Expanding Citizenship and Reproducing Statelessness among Highlanders in Northern Thailand / Amanda Flaim 147 9. Limits of Legal Citizenship: Narratives from South and Southeast Asia / Kamal Sadiq 165 Part III. Legislatures and Court Disputes 10. American Birthright Citizenship Rules and the Exclusion of "Outsiders" from the Political Community / Margaret D. Stock 179 11. Ivoirité and Citizenship in Ivory Coast: The Controversial Policy of Authenticity / Alfred Babo 200 12. The Alien Who Is a Citizen / Jacqueline Stevens 217 Afterword / Daniel Kanstroom 240 References 247 Contributors 275 Index 279

SynopsisThe contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate that the line separating citizenship and noncitizenship is ambiguous and inconsistent. In case studies analyzing the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the contributors show how states use citizenship requirements to police racial, ethnic, class, and religious difference., Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue--either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted through ambiguous and dynamic laws. In case studies that analyze the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the contributors explore how states use evidentiary requirements to create and police citizenship, often based on fictions of racial, ethnic, class, and religious differences. Whether examining the United States' deportation of its own citizens, the selective use of DNA tests and secret results in Thailand, or laws that have stripped entire populations of citizenship, the contributors emphasize the political, psychological, and personal impact of citizenship policies. Citizenship in Question incites scholars to revisit long-standing political theories and debates about nationality, free movement, and immigration premised on the assumption of clear demarcations between citizens and noncitizens. Contributors. Alfred Babo, Jacqueline Bhabha, Jacqueline Field, Amanda Flaim, Sara L. Friedman, Daniel Kanstroom, Benjamin N. Lawrance, Beatrice McKenzie, Polly J. Price, Rachel E. Rosenbloom, Kim Rubenstein, Kamal Sadiq, Jacqueline Stevens, Margaret D. Stock

LC Classification NumberJF801