States without nations
Subtitle: citizenship for mortals
By: Jacqueline Stevens.
Series: New directions in critical theory
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780231148764; 9780231520218
Subjects: Liberty; Citizenship; Inheritance and succession; Marriage; Eminent domain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The persistence and harms of birthright citizenship in so-called liberal theory and countries; title: Abolishing birthright citizenship; title: A theory of wealth for mortals; title: Abolishing inheritance; title: The law of the mother; title: Abolishing marriage; title: Abolishing private land rights : toward a new practice of eminent domain; title: Religion and the nation-state; title: Appendix : methods for an open society.