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The birthright lottery : citizenship and global inequality /

This book offers a bold new perspective for making sense and thinking critically about the problematic persistence of birthright citizenship laws; Shachar argues that these laws cast the transfer membership entitlement as a complex form of inherited property. This shift in perspective underscores th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shachar, Ayelet, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : the puzzle of birthright citizenship
  • Reconceptualizing membership : citizenship as inherited property
  • Abolishing versus resurrecting borders : moving beyond the binary options
  • A new basis for global redistribution : the birthright privilege levy
  • Blood and soil : birthright citizenship in the domestic arena
  • Popular defenses of birthright citizenship and their limitations
  • Curtailing inheritance : towards a jus nexi membership allocation principle.