Citizenship as foundation of rights : meaning for America / Richard Sobel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sobel, Richard (Writer on national security), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--United States.

Citizenship.

United States.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Citizenship as Foundation of Rights explores the nature and meaning of American citizenship and the rights flowing from citizenship in the context of current debates around politics, including immigration. The book explains the sources of citizenship rights in the Constitution and focuses on three key citizenship rights - the right to vote, the right to employment, and the right to travel in the US. It explains why those rights are fundamental and how national identification systems and ID requirements to vote, work and travel undermine the fundamental citizen rights. Richard Sobel analyzes how protecting citizens' rights preserves them for future generations of citizens and aspiring citizens here. No other book offers such a clarification of fundamental citizen rights and explains how ID schemes contradict and undermine the constitutional rights of American citizenship.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction. Empowering citizenship; 2. The nature of American citizenship as the foundation of rights; 3. The right to vote; 4. The right to employment; 5. The right to travel; 6. Threats to citizenship rights in identification regime; 7. Other countries' systems constitute warnings; 8. Conclusions. Sustaining empowering citizenship.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316414637

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.