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

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

edited by Gideon Calder, Phillip Cole and Jonathan Seglow

(Migration, minorities and citizenship)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-180) and index

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Description

What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? Is it justified to restrict membership of a society, and if so, on what grounds? This book explores a series of pressing, controversial issues surrounding the acquisition of citizenship, in theory and practice.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • P.Cole On Membership and Free Movement
  • T.Torresi The American Fence: Liberal Political Theory and the Immorality of Membership
  • P.Cole Resident Aliens, Non-resident Citizens and Voting Rights: Towards a Pluralist Theory of Transnational Political Equality and Modes of Political Belonging
  • D.Owen Becoming Citizens: Naturalization in the Liberal State
  • J.Hampshire Republican Requirements for Access to Citizenship
  • I.Honohan Linguistic Competence and Citizenship Acquisition
  • A.Shorten What is 'Britishness', and is it Important?
  • R.Sales Introducing the Majority to Ethnicity: Do They Like What They See?
  • S.Fenton & R.Mann Conclusion: Practice and Policy
  • G.Calder & J.Seglow

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