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Citizenship in question : evidentiary birthright and statelessness

Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue - either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted through ambiguous and dynamic laws. In case studies that analyze the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the contributors explore how states use evidentiary requirements to create and police citizenship, often based on fictions of racial, ethnic, class, and religious differences. Whether examining the United States’ deportation of its own citizens, the selective use of DNA tests and secret results in Thailand, or laws that have stripped entire populations of citizenship, the contributors emphasize the political, psychological, and personal impact of citizenship policies.

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Series Title
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Call Number
323.6 JAC c
Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press.,
Collation
305 p.
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9780822373483
Classification
323.6
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Subject(s)
Citizenship
Asylum, Right of
Statelessness
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