Law and Citizenship -  Law Commission of Canada

Law and Citizenship

Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2007
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1300-6 (ISBN)
38,65 inkl. MwSt
The essays this volume provide a framework for analyzing citizenship in an increasingly globalized world by addressing a number of fundamental questions.
Long confined to the study of nationality, citizenship was not always considered a major concern of social scientists. In recent decades, however, the concept of citizenship has generated significant interest and intellectual debate in a variety of academic contexts. Globalization is changing the relationships between actors on the national and international stage and shifting the balance of power between them. These changes have spawned a wealth of scholarship across social science disciplines.

The essays in Law and Citizenship add to this lively discourse and provide a framework for analyzing citizenship in an increasingly globalized world. A number of fundamental issues are addressed: How are traditional notions of citizenship erecting borders against those who are excluded? What are the impacts of changing notions of state, borders, and participation on our concepts of citizenship? Within territorial borders, to what extent are citizens able to participate, given that the principles of accountability, transparency, and representativeness remain ideals?

There are numerous implications of the concept of citizenship for law and public policy in a number of different fields. International law, both private and public, poverty law, immigration law, constitutional law, history, political science, and sociology all reflect concepts of citizenship. Law and Citizenship will appeal to scholars and students in law and politics as well as those interested in the idea of citizenship in contemporary society.

The Law Commission of Canada is an independent federal law reform agency that advises Parliament on how to improve and modernize Canada’s laws.

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Thinking about Citizenship and Law in an Era of Change / Jane Jenson

2 Exile on Main Street: Popular Discourse and Legal Manoeuvres around Citizenship / Audrey Macklin

3 Home and Away: The Construction of Citizenship in an Emigration Context / Kim Barry

4 Multinational Citizenship: Practical Implications of a Theoretical Model / Siobhan Harty and Michael Murphy

5 The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Demise of Social Citizenship? A Sociolegal Perspective / Michel Coutu

6 Dis-citizenship / Richard Devlin and Dianne Pothier

7 Connecting Economy, Gender, and Citizenship / Mary Condon and Lisa Philipps

Contributors

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.1.2007
Reihe/Serie Legal Dimensions
Verlagsort Vancouver
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 235 mm
Gewicht 320 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-7748-1300-8 / 0774813008
ISBN-13 978-0-7748-1300-6 / 9780774813006
Zustand Neuware
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