Citizenship in Question : Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness / Benjamin N. Lawrance, Jacqueline Stevens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawrance, Benjamin N., editor.

Stevens, Jacqueline, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham NC : Duke University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue- either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted through ambiguous and dynamic laws. In case studies that analyze the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the contributors explore how states use evidentiary requirements to create and police citizenship, often based on fictions of racial, ethnic, class, and religious differences. Whether examining the United States' deportation of its own citizens, the selective use of DNA tests and secret results in Thailand, or laws that have stripped entire populations of citizenship, the contributors emphasize the political, psychological, and personal impact of citizenship policies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface: Ace's Story

Introduction / Jacqueline Stevens

Part I. International and Regional Protocols

1. Jus Soli and Statelessness / Polly J. Price

2. The Politics of Evidence / Jacqueline Bhabha

3. Statelessness-in- Question / Benjamin N. Lawrance

4. Reproducing Uncertainty / Sara l. Friedman

5. What Is a "Real" Australian Citizen? / Kim Rubenstein, Jacqueline Field

Part II. Official or Administrative Acts

6. To Know a Citizen / Beatrice McKenzie

7. From the Outside Looking In / Rachel E. Rosenbloom

8. Problems of Evidence, Evidence of Problems / Amanda Flaim

9. Limits of Le gal Citizenship / Kamal Sadiq

Part III. Legislatures and Court Disputes

10. American Birthright Citizenship Rules and the Exclusion of "Outsiders" from the Politic al Community / Margaret D. Stock

11. Ivoirité and Citizenship in Ivory Coast / Alfred Babo

12. The Alien Who Is a Citizen / Jacqueline Stevens

Afterword / Daniel Kanstroom

References

Contributors

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781478091097

1478091096

OCLC:

945583033

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373483