Statelessness and Citizenship

A Comparative Study on the Benefits of Nationality

Brad K. Blitz, Maureen Lynch (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2011
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84980-067-9 (ISBN)

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that there are more than 12 million stateless people in the world. The existence of stateless populations challenges some central tenets of international law and contemporary human rights discourses, yet only a very small number of states have made measurable progress in helping individuals acquire or regain citizenship. This fascinating study examines positive developments in eight countries and pinpoints the benefits of citizenship now enjoyed by formerly stateless persons.

The expert contributors present an original comparative study that draws upon legal and political analysis as well as empirical research (incorporating over 120 interviews conducted in eight countries), and features the documentary photography of Greg Constantine. The benefits of citizenship over statelessness are identified at both community and individual level, and include the fundamental right to enjoy a nationality, to obtain identification documents, to be represented politically, to access the formal labor market and to move about freely. Gaining or reacquiring citizenship helps eliminate isolation and solicits the empowerment of individuals, collectively and personally. Such changes are of considerable importance to the advancement of a human rights regime based on dignity and respect.

This highly original and thought-provoking book will strongly appeal to a wide-ranging audience including academics, researchers, students, human rights activists and government officials with an interest in a diverse range of fields encompassing law, international studies, public policy, human rights and citizenship.

Edited by Brad K. Blitz, Professor of International Politics and Policy, University College London, UK and Maureen Lynch, Washington-based Affiliate, International Observatory on Statelessness

Contents:

1. Statelessness and the Deprivation of Nationality
Brad K. Blitz and Maureen Lynch

2. Nationality and Rights
Laura van Waas

3. Citizenship in Kenya: The Nubian Case
Abraham Korir Sing’Oei

4. From Erased and Excluded to Active Participants in Slovenia
Jelka Zorn

5. From Statelessness to Citizenship: Up-country Tamils in Sri Lanka
P.P. Sivapragasam

6. Citizenship Reform and Challenges for the Crimean Tatars in Ukraine
Rustem Ablyatifov

7. The Urdu-speakers of Bangladesh: An Unfinished Story of Enforcing Citizenship Rights
Katherine Southwick

8. Mauritania: Citizenship Lost and Found
Julia Harrington Reddy

9. Statelessness, Citizenship and Belonging in Estonia
Raivo Vetik

10. Arabia’s Bidoon
Abbas Shiblak

11. Summary and Conclusions
Maureen Lynch and Brad K. Blitz

12. Epilogue
James A. Goldston

Bibliography

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.1.2011
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-84980-067-7 / 1849800677
ISBN-13	978-1-84980-067-9 / 9781849800679
Zustand	Neuware