Citizenship in India

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-946796-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 124 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

The idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete. This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other-the non-citizen. This book looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roy, Anupama

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Recht: Ratgeber, Sachbuch
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements

- Introduction: Landscapes of Citizenship

- 1: Who is an Indian Citizen? The Citizenship Act of India

- 2: 'We the People': Citizenship in the Indian Constitution

- 3: Ambivalent Citizens

- 4: Becoming Citizens

- References

- Index

- About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Anupama Roy is Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.