Beyond Citizenship
Subtitle: American Identity After Globalization
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: December 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780195152180
Subjects: Civics & Citizenship; Constitutional; Emigration & Immigration; Political Science / Civics; Political Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Citizenship; Dual nationality; Naturalization; United States; Politics/International Relations
Description: American identity has always stood capacious as concept but narrow in application. Citizenship has mostly been about being here, either through birth or residence. The territorial premises for citizenship have worked to resolve the peculiar challenges of American identity. But as globalization detaches identity from location, it becomes difficult to draw the boundaries of human community in a meaningful way. Longstanding notions of democratic citizenship are becoming obsolete, even as we cling to them. Beyond Citizenship shows how American identity is unsustainable in the face of global change -- from book jacket.