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1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-213) and index. |
Contents |
Divided citizenships -- Defining citizenship : substance, locations, subjects -- The difference that alienage makes -- Constitutional citizenship through the prism of alienage -- Borders, domestic work, and the ambiguities of citizenship -- Separate spheres citizenship and its conundrums. |
Summary |
Citizenship presents two faces. Within a political community it stands for inclusion and universalism, but to outsiders, citizenship means exclusion. Because these aspects of citizenship appear spatially and jurisdictionally separate, they are usually regarded as complementary. In fact, the inclusionary and exclusionary dimensions of citizenship dramatically collide within the territory of the nation-state, creating multiple contradictions when it comes to the class of people the law calls aliens--transnational migrants with a status short of full citizenship. Examining alienage and alienage l. |
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Print version record. |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
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Citizenship.
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Noncitizens.
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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 -- Civics & Citizenship.
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Aliens. (OCoLC)fst00805278
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Citizenship. (OCoLC)fst00861909
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Burgerschap.
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Immigranten.
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United States.
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Rechtsstellung.
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Fremder.
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Citoyenneté.
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Droit.
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Étranger.
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Marginalité sociale.
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Statut juridique.
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United States.
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Bürger.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Bosniak, Linda. Citizen and the alien. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006 0691116229 9780691116228 (DLC) 2005034124 (OCoLC)62330888 |
ISBN |
9781400827510 (electronic book) |
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1400827515 (electronic book) |
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0691116229 (alkaline paper) |
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9780691116228 (alkaline paper) |
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9780691138282 |
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0691138281 |
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