The citizen and the alien dilemmas of contemporary membership
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Sprache: | English |
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Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-213) and index 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 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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Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 222 pages) |
ISBN: | 0691116229 1400827515 9780691116228 9780691138282 9781400827510 |