The people in question : citizens and constitutions in uncertain times / Jo Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Jo, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

viii, 328 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Questions of citizenship and the role of constitutions in determining its boundaries are under scrutiny in this judicious and accessible analysis from Jo Shaw. With populism on the rise and debates about immigration intensifying, it draws on examples from around the world to set out the shifting boundaries of state inclusion and exclusion.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Setting the Scene

1. Introduction

2. What Is Constitutional Citizenship and How Can We Study It?

pt. II Constitutional Citizenship Unpacked

3. Picking out the People: Ideals and Identities in the Citizenship/Constitution Relation

4. The Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship in a Constitutional Context

5. Filling out Citizenship: Citizenship Rights, Constitutional Rights and Human Rights

pt. III Citizenship under Pressure: National and Global Tensions

6. The Populist Challenge to Constitutional Citizenship: The Closing of Discursive Space

7. Shifting Spatialities of Citizenship

8. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1529208890

9781529208894

OCLC:

1110434769