At Home in Two Countries : The Past and Future of Dual Citizenship / Peter J Spiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spiro, Peter J., Author.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas.

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dual nationality--History.

Dual nationality.

Dual nationality--United States--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Read Peter's Op-ed on Trump's Immigration Ban in The New York TimesThe rise of dual citizenship could hardly have been imaginable to a time traveler from a hundred or even fifty years ago. Dual nationality was once considered an offense to nature, an abomination on the order of bigamy. It was the stuff of titanic battles between the United States and European sovereigns. As those conflicts dissipated, dual citizenship continued to be an oddity, a condition that, if not quite freakish, was nonetheless vaguely disreputable, a status one could hold but not advertise. Even today, some Americans mistakenly understand dual citizenship to somehow be “illegal”, when in fact it is completely tolerated. Only recently has the status largely shed the opprobrium to which it was once attached.At Home in Two Countries charts the history of dual citizenship from strong disfavor to general acceptance. The status has touched many; there are few Americans who do not have someone in their past or present who has held the status, if only unknowingly. The history reflects on the course of the state as an institution at the level of the individual. The state was once a jealous institution, justifiably demanding an exclusive relationship with its members. Today, the state lacks both the capacity and the incentive to suppress the status as citizenship becomes more like other forms of membership. Dual citizenship allows many to formalize sentimental attachments. For others, it’s a new way to game the international system. This book explains why dual citizenship was once so reviled, why it is a fact of life after globalization, and why it should be embraced today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Feudal Roots and Modern Emergence of Dual Nationality

2. International Threat, Moral Disgrace

3. Congress, the Courts, and the World against Dual Citizenship

4. Turning the Corner on Dual Citizenship

5. Acceptance and Embrace

6. Dual Citizenship and the Rise of Diaspora

7. Dual Citizenship as Human Right

8. Dual Citizenship, Declining Citizenship

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780814724415

0814724418

9780814724347

0814724345

OCLC:

946725519