The birthright lottery : citizenship and global inequality / Ayelet Shachar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shachar, Ayelet, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The vast majority of the global population acquires citizenship purely by accidental circumstances of birth. In The Birthright Lottery, Ayelet Shachar argues that birthright citizenship in an affluent society can be thought of as a form of property inheritance: that is, a valuable entitlement transmitted by law to a restricted group of recipients under conditions that perpetuate the transfer of this prerogative to their heirs.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-261) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Apr 2021)

ISBN:

9780674267268

0674267265

9780674054592

0674054598

OCLC:

1248759900