From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World [Paperback]

Alexander T. Aleinihoff (Editor), Douglas Klusmeyer (Editor), Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff (Editor), Alexander T. Aleinikoff (Author), Editors (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000 | ISBN-10: 0870031597 | ISBN-13: 978-0870031595

Citizenship policies are changing rapidly in the face of global migration trends and the inevitable ethnic and racial diversity that follows. The debates are fierce. What should the requirements of citizenship be? How can multi-ethnic states forge a collective identity around a common set of values, beliefs and practices? What are appropriate criteria for admission and what are the rights and duties of citizens? This collection of essays includes nine case studies that investigate immigration and citizenship in Australia, the Baltic States, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the USA. It scrutinizes the concrete rules and policies by which states administer citizenship, and highlights similarities and differences in their policies. The contributors include Lowell Barrington, Manuel Becerra Ramirez, Miriam Feldblum, J. Donald Galloway, George Ginsburgs, Jonathan E. Klaaren, Marco Martiniello, Ayelet Shachar, Stephen Castles and Gianni Zappala.

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About the Author

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment's International Migration Policy Program, is also a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Douglas Klusmeyer is an associate with the International Migration Policy Program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870031597
• ISBN-13: 978-0870031595
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,420,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)