Documenting Americans

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-316-51010-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

This is the first and only comprehensive, book-length political history of national ID card proposals and developments in identity policing in the United States. The book focuses on the period from 1915 to 2016, including the post-9/11 debates and policy decisions regarding the introduction of technologically-advanced identification documents. Putting the United States in comparative perspective and connecting the vital issues of immigration and homeland security, Magdalena Krajewska shows how national ID card proposals have been woven into political conflict across a variety of policy fields. Findings contradict conventional wisdom, debunking two common myths: that Americans are opposed to national ID cards and that American policymakers never propose national ID cards. Dr Krajewska draws on extensive archival research; high-level interviews with politicians, policymakers, and ID card technology experts in Washington, DC and London; and public opinion polls.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krajewska, Magdalena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Identification documents and the book's findings: an overview; 2. Identification documents in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century; 3. Identification documents in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century; 4. Identity policing in the post-9/11 United States: the changing patchwork; 5. Identity policing in the post-9/11 united states: drivers and obstacles; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Krajewska, Magdalena
Magdalena Krajewska is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wingate University, North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Politics from Brandeis University, Massachusetts, and has lived in Poland, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. She specializes in comparative and American politics.