>Two world wars left millions stranded in Europe. The collapse of empires and the rise of independent states in the twentieth century produced an unprecedented number of people without national belonging and with nowhere to go. Mira Siegelbergβs innovative history weaves together ideas about law and
Statelessness: A Modern History
β Scribed by Mira L. Siegelberg
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 328
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The postβWWI crisis of statelessness induced creative legal thinking, as officials and jurists debated cosmopolitan citizenship beyond the borders of sovereigns. But by midcentury the state won out as the lone site of citizenship. Mira Siegelberg uncovers the ideological roots of this transformation and its impact on the international order.
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