Citizenship and Those Who Leave: The Politics of Emigration and Expatriation

Exit, like entry, has helped define citizenship over the last two centuries, yet little attention has been given to the politics of emigration. How have countries impeded or facilitated people leaving? How have they perceived and regulated those who leave? What relations do they seek to maintain with their citizens abroad and why? Citizenship and Those Who Leave reverses the immigration perspective to examine how nations define themselves not just...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074297
• ISBN13: 9780252074295
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"