Citizenship acquisition and national belonging : migration, membership and the liberal democratic state /

"Invoked by politicians, promoted in policy, and sought by migrants, citizenship is a crucial marker of what makes being a member of society valuable, and of what membership entails in a world of fluid boundaries. This volume explores questions of admission to the state and to citizenship, the...

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Other Authors: Calder, Gideon, 1971-, Cole, Phillip, Seglow, Jonathan, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Migration, minorities, and citizenship.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : 'border crossings' : the dimensions of membership / Phillip Cole
  • On membership and free movement / Tiziana Torresi
  • The American fence : liberal political theory and the immorality of membership / Phillip Cole
  • Resident aliens, non-resident citizens and voting rights : towards a pluralist theory of transnational political equality and modes of political belonging / David Owen
  • Becoming citizens : naturalization in the liberal state / James Hampshire
  • Republican requirements for access to citizenship / Iseult Honohan
  • Linguistic competence and citizenship acquisition / Andrew Shorten
  • What is 'Britishness', and is it important? / Rosemary Sales
  • Introducing the majority to ethnicity : do they like what they see? / Steve Fenton and Robin Mann
  • Conclusion : practice and policy / Gideon Calder and Jonathan Seglow.