Citizenship and Immigration (eBook)

Christian Joppke (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-5839-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This incisive book provides a succinct overview of the new academic
field of citizenship and immigration, as well as presenting a fresh
and original argument about changing citizenship in our
contemporary human rights era.

Instead of being nationally resilient or in
"postnational" decline, citizenship in Western states
has continued to evolve, converging on a liberal model of inclusive
citizenship with diminished rights implications and increasingly
universalistic identities. This convergence is demonstrated through
a sustained comparison of developments in North America, Western
Europe and Australia. Topics covered in the book include: recent
trends in nationality laws; what ethnic diversity does to the
welfare state; the decline of multiculturalism accompanied by the
continuing rise of antidiscrimination policies; and the new state
campaigns to "upgrade" citizenship in the post-2001
period.

Sophisticated and informative, and written in a lively and
accessible style, this book will appeal to upper-level students and
scholars in sociology, political science, and immigration and
citizenship studies.

Autor

Christian Joppke is Professor of Political Science at the American University of Paris

Inhalt

Preface vi

1 The Concept of Citizenship 1

2 Status 34

3 Rights 73

4 Identity 111

5 Citizenship Light 145

Notes 173

References 186

Index 204

Rezensionen

"Navigates the terrain of citizenship and immigration in Europe, North America and Australsia with great authority and skill. I can highly recommend this book."
Jonathan Seglow, Political Studies Review

"A densely written but eminently readable book, chock full of incisive critiques, fresh insights and new questions about the recent evolution of a core concept of liberal democracy."
Rainer Baubock, European Political Science

"By delving into early political thought, philosophy and societal norms, Joppke portrays the quest by political power to invent a social norm which constitutes a semblance of social order, therefore attempting to establish the interwoven concepts of rights, status and identity."
Red Metaphor

"This is a superb piece of scholarship. Joppke manages to cover an extraordinary range of theoretical questions and empirical findings within a very compact and readable book. He coherently synthesizes and cogently brings together an array of different literatures that have often remained separate from one another. In doing so, he provides a "state of the art" overview and analysis of the topics of citizenship and immigration."
Marc Morjé Howard, Georgetown University

"Citizenship and Immigration is an outstanding analysis of one of the most dramatic developments in contemporary world, especially in Europe - namely the impact of immigration on the reconstitution of citizenship and of discussions thereof. It is an essential reading for anybody interested in the contemporary scene."
S.N. Eisenstadt, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

"Few scholars know the citizenship and immigration literature like Christian Joppke. In this tour-de-force, Joppke moves nimbly from social theory to current policy developments in Europe, North America and Australia. He paints a nuanced picture of the liberal evolution of citizenship, remaining attentive to governments' recent exclusionary moves. A must-read!"
Irene Bloemraad, University of California, Berkeley

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.5.2013
• Reihe/Serie: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society series
• Reihe/Serie: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Political Science • Politik • Politikwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-5839-3 / 0745658393
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-5839-1 / 9780745658391