Citizenship acquisition and national belonging
Subtitle: migration, membership and the liberal democratic state
By: edited by Gideon Calder, Phillip Cole, Jonathan Seglow.
Contributors: Calder, Gideon, 1971-; Cole, Phillip.; Seglow, Jonathan, 1968-
Series: Migration, minorities and citizenship
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230203198
Subjects: Citizenship; Naturalization; Immigrants -- Legal status, laws, etc; Group identity -- Political aspects
Description: "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 justifiability of criteria and the impact of exclusions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Migration and Membership; P. Cole The American Fence: The Immorality of Membership; P. ColeOn Membership and Free Movement; T. TorresiRepublican Requirements for Access to Citizenship; I. HonohanCitizenship Goes Public; D. Kostakopoulou Becoming Citizens: Naturalization in the Liberal State; J. HampshireLinguistic Proficiency and the Acquisition of Citizenship; A. ShortenResident Aliens, Non-resident Citizens and Voting Rights; D. OwenWhat is 'Britishness' and is it Important?; R. SalesIntroducing the Majority to Ethnicity: And do they like what they see?; R. Mann & S. FentonConclusion: Practice and Policy; J. Seglow & G. Calder.