Slippery Citizenship

In principle, no human individual should be rendered stateless: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that the right to have or change citizenship cannot be denied. In practice, the legal claim of citizenship is a slippery concept that can be manipulated to serve state interests. On a spectrum from those who enjoy the legal and social benefits of citizenship to those whose right to nationality is outright refused, people with many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812247175
• ISBN13: 9780812247176
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"