| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
From citizen to migrant : the scope of child statelessness in the twenty-first century / Jacqueline Bhabha -- Neither seen nor heard : compound deprivation among stateless children / Brad K. Blitz -- Volatile citizenship or statelessness? Citizen children of Palestinian descent and the loss of nationality in Israel / Christina O. Alfirev -- Human rights and citizenship : the need for better data and what to do about it / Bela Hovy -- Undocumented children in Europe : ignored victims of immigration restrictions / Luca Bicocchi -- Realizing the rights of undocumented children in Europe / Jyothi Kanics -- Unaccompanied and separated children in Spain : a policy of institutional mistreatment / Daniel Senovilla Hernández -- Undocumented migrant and Roma children in Italy : between rights protection and control / Elena Rozzi -- Undocumented students, college education, and life beyond / Stephen H. Legomsky -- Clashing values and cross purposes : immigration law's marginalization of children and families / David B. Thronson -- Birthright citizenship : the vulnerability and resilience of an American constitutional principle / Linda K. Kerber -- China : ensuring equal access to education and health care for children of internal migrants / Kirsten Di Martino -- To register or not to register? Legal identity, birth registration, and inclusive development / Caroline Vandenabeele -- Children with a (local) state : identity registration at birth in English history since 1538 / Simon Szreter. |
| Summary |
This text identifies three contemporary manifestations of stateless: legal statelessness, de facto statelessness and effective statelessness. The book provides a variety of examples, including chapters on Palestinian children in Israel including undocumented young people seeking higher education in the United States. |
| Subject |
Immigrant children -- Civil rights.
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Immigrant children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
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| Added Author |
Bhabha, Jacqueline.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Children without a state. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015271 (DLC) 2010030453 (OCoLC)649702156 |
| ISBN |
9780262295437 (electronic bk.) |
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0262295431 (electronic bk.) |
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