Citizenship in Question
Subtitle: Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: Feb 03, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780822362913
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Citizenship in Question: Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness