Citizens without frontiers / Engin F. Isin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isin, Engin F. (Engin Fahri), 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Philosophy.

Citizenship.

Globalization.

World citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012.

Summary:

"States define who their citizens are and exert control over their life and movements. But how does such power persist in a global world where people, ideas, and products constantly cross the borders of what the states see as their sovereign territory? This groundbreaking work sets to examine and interprets such challenges to offer a new way of thinking about citizenship. Abandoning the sovereignty principle, it develops a new image of citizenship using the connectedness principle. To do so, it interprets acts of citizenship by following "activist citizens" across the world through case studies, from Wikileaks and the Gaza flotilla to China's virtual world and Darfur. Written by a leader in the field, this accessible and original work imagines citizens without frontiers as a politics without community and belonging, inclusion without exclusion, where the frontier becomes a form of otherness that citizens erase or create. This unique work brings forth a new and creative way to approach citizenship beyond boundaries that will appeal to anyone studying citizenship, social movements, and migration."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1: Of those whose acts traverse frontiers. Act 1: Of treason: WikiLeaks ; Act 2: Of rage: Rachel Corrie ; Act 3: Of disobedience: conscientious or civil?

Chapter 2: 'We, the people'. Act 4: Of defense: Minuteman Civil Defense Corps ; Act 5: Of censoring: the Golden Shield Project ; Act 6: Of espionage: Stuxnet ; Act 7: Of assassination: drones ; Act 8: Of writing: Banksy ; Act 9: Of solidarity: Strangers into Citizens

Chapter 3: 'We, the connected'. Act 10: Of identification: We are all Khaled Said ; Act 11: Of hacking: LulzSec ; Act 12: Of defiance: No One Is Illegal ; Act 13: Of staging: Climate Camp

Chapter 4: Enacting citizenship. Act 14: Of speech: Waging Peace ; Act 15: Of fury: Mariyam Manike

Chapter 5: Citizens without frontiers. Act 16: Of declaration: 'We, the Roma Nation' ; Act 17: Of resistance: International Solidarity Movement ; Act 18: Of sharing: Open Rights Group

Chapter 6: Emancipating (acts of) citizenship. Act 19: Of enfranchisement: If the World Could Vote ; Act 20: Of music: Barenboim without words

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441129291 (electronic book)

9781501301353

1501301357

9781283848626

1283848627

9781441127426

1441127429

OCLC:

823738043