Invoked by politicians, promoted in policy, and sought by migrants, citizenship is a crucial marker of what makes being a member of society valuable, and of what membership entails in a world of fluid boundaries. This volume explores questions of admission to the state and to citizenship, the justif
Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging: Migration, Membership and the Liberal Democratic State
β Scribed by Gideon Calder, Phillip Cole, Jonathan Seglow (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 195
- Series
- Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: βBorder Crossingsβ β The Dimensions of Membership....Pages 1-23
On Membership and Free Movement....Pages 24-37
The American Fence: Liberal Political Theory and the Immorality of Membership....Pages 38-51
Resident Aliens, Non-resident Citizens and Voting Rights: Towards a Pluralist Theory of Transnational Political Equality and Modes of Political Belonging....Pages 52-73
Becoming Citizens: Naturalization in the Liberal State....Pages 74-90
Republican Requirements for Access to Citizenship....Pages 91-104
Linguistic Competence and Citizenship Acquisition....Pages 105-122
What Is βBritishnessβ, and Is It Important?....Pages 123-140
Introducing the Majority to Ethnicity: Do They Like What They See?....Pages 141-155
Conclusion: Practice and Policy....Pages 156-167
Back Matter....Pages 168-184
β¦ Subjects
Political Sociology; Politics of the Welfare State; Demography; Political Science; Human Rights; Ethnicity Studies
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