Citizen and the Alien
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Activism
Admission (law)
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Bill of rights
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Border
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Citizenship
Citizenship Clause
Citizenship of the United States
Civil and political rights
Civil society
Constitutional law
Constitutional theory
De facto
Definition
Democracy
Deportation
Disability
Disadvantage
Due process
Economic citizenship
Employment
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Equal Protection Clause
Ex post facto law
Exclusion
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fundamental rights
Illegal immigration
Immigration
Immigration law
Immigration policy
Institution
International law
Jurisdiction
Labour law
Law of the United States
Legitimacy (political)
Liberalism
Michael Walzer
Narrative
Nation state
Nationality
Naturalization
Path to citizenship
Personhood
Phil Harvey
Plaintiff
Plyler v. Doe
Political philosophy
Politics
Precedent
Prerogative
Princeton University
Provision (contracting)
Public sphere
Regime
Residence
Second-class citizen
Separate spheres
Slavery
Social citizenship
Social exclusion
Social theory
Sociology
Sovereignty
Suspect classification
The Other Hand
Transnational citizenship
United States Constitution
Voting
Welfare
Product details
- ISBN 9780691138282
- Weight: 369g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2008
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 law in all of its complexities, The Citizen and the Alien explores the dilemmas of inclusion and exclusion inherent in the practices and institutions of citizenship in liberal democratic societies, especially the United States. In doing so, it offers an important new perspective on the changing meaning of citizenship in a world of highly porous borders and increasing transmigration. As a particular form of noncitizenship, alienage represents a powerful lens through which to examine the meaning of citizenship itself, argues Linda Bosniak.
She uses alienage to examine the promises and limits of the "equal citizenship" ideal that animates many constitutional democracies. In the process, she shows how core features of globalization serve to shape the structure of legal and social relationships at the very heart of national societies.
Linda Bosniak is a professor at the Rutgers University School of Law.
