"This remarkable book does the unusual: it embeds its focus in a
larger complex operational space. The migrant, the refugee, the
citizen, all emerge from that larger context. The focus is not the
usual detailed examination of the subject herself, but that larger
world of wars, grabs, contestations, and, importantly, the claimers
and resisters."- Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology, Columbia
University, USA This thought-provoking book begins by looking at
the incredible complexities of "American identity" and ends with
the threats to civil liberties with the vast expansion of state
power through technology. A must-read for anyone interested in the
future of the promise and realities of citizenship in the modern
global landscape.- Kevin R. Johnson, Dean, UC Davis School of Law,
USA Momen focuses on the basic paradox that has long marked
national identity: the divide between liberal egalitarian
self-conception and persistent practices of exclusion and
subordination. The result is a thought-provoking text that is sure
to be of interest to scholars and students of the American
experience. - Aziz Rana, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, USA
This book is an exploration of American citizenship, emphasizing
the paradoxes that are contained, normalized, and strengthened by
the gaps existing between proposed policies and real-life practices
in multiple arenas of a citizen's life. The book considers the
evolution of citizenship through the journey of the American nation
and its identity, its complexities of racial exclusion, its
transformations in response to domestic demands and geopolitical
challenges, its changing values captured in immigration policies
and practices, and finally its dynamics in terms of the shift in
state power vis-a-vis citizens. While it aspires to analyze the
meaning of citizenship in America from the multiple perspectives of
history, politics, and policy, it pays special attention to the
critical junctures where rhetoric and reality clash, allowing for
the production of certain paradoxes that define citizenship rights
and shape political discourse.
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