Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging

Migration, Membership and the Liberal Democratic State
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-20319-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 387 g

Reihe: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calder, G.

Seglow, J.

Cole, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

GIDEON CALDER is Reader in Ethics and Social Philosophy at the University of Wales, Newport, UK
PHILLIP COLE is Associate Dean in the School of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Wales, Newport, UK
STEVE FENTON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK
JAMES HAMPSHIRE is Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex, UK
ISEULT HONOHAN is Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, UK
ROBIN MANN is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, UK
DAVID OWEN is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK
ROSEMARY SALES is Professor of Social Policy at Middlesex University, UK
JONATHAN SEGLOW is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
ANDREW SHORTEN is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, UK
TIZIANA TORRESI is a member of St Antony's College and the Department of Politics and International Relations, at the University of Oxford, UK