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Disputing Citizenship

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: United Kingdom; Policy Press; 15 Jan 2014Description: 224 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781447312536
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.6
Summary: Citizenship is always in dispute - in practice as well as in theory, but conventional perspectives do not address why the concept of citizenship is so contentious. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing focus of dispute. The authors dispute the way citizenship is normally conceived and analysed within the social sciences, developing a view of citizenship as always emerging from struggle. This view is advanced through an exploration of the entanglements of politics, culture and power that are both embodied and contested in forms and practices of citizenship. This compelling view of citizenship emerges from the international and interdisciplinary collaboration of the four authors, drawing on the diverse disputes over citizenship in their countries of origin (Brazil, France, Britain and the USA). The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the field of citizenship, no matter what their geographical, political or academic location.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Society and Politics 323.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC001961
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 323.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn PKLC011641
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Citizenship is always in dispute - in practice as well as in theory, but conventional perspectives do not address why the concept of citizenship is so contentious. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing focus of dispute. The authors dispute the way citizenship is normally conceived and analysed within the social sciences, developing a view of citizenship as always emerging from struggle. This view is advanced through an exploration of the entanglements of politics, culture and power that are both embodied and contested in forms and practices of citizenship. This compelling view of citizenship emerges from the international and interdisciplinary collaboration of the four authors, drawing on the diverse disputes over citizenship in their countries of origin (Brazil, France, Britain and the USA). The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the field of citizenship, no matter what their geographical, political or academic location.

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