The Citizen and the Alien : Dilemmas of Contemporary Membership /

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Citizenship presents two faces. Within a political community it stands for inclusion and universalism, but to outsiders, citizenship means exclusion. Because these aspects of citizenship appear spatially and jurisdictionally separate, they are usually regarded as complementary. In fact, the inclusio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bosniak, Linda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bürger.
Noncitizens.
Statut juridique.
Marginalite sociale.
Étranger.
Droit.
Citoyennete
Immigranten.
Burgerschap.
Bürger
Fremder
Rechtsstellung
Citizenship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
États-Unis.
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Citizenship presents two faces. Within a political community it stands for inclusion and universalism, but to outsiders, citizenship means exclusion. Because these aspects of citizenship appear spatially and jurisdictionally separate, they are usually regarded as complementary. In fact, the inclusionary and exclusionary dimensions of citizenship dramatically collide within the territory of the nation-state, creating multiple contradictions when it comes to the class of people the law calls aliens--transnational migrants with a status short of full citizenship. Examining alienage and alienage l.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9781400827510

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