The Paradox of Citizenship in American Politics [electronic resource] : Ideals and Reality / by Mehnaaz Momen.

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The Paradox of Citizenship in American Politics [electronic resource] : Ideals and Reality / by Mehnaaz Momen.

9783319615301
3319615300
9783319615295 (print)
3319615297
9783319615318 (print)
3319615319
9783319871035 (print)
331987103X

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

English

1 online resource (XVI, 265 pages) : online resource

10.1007/978-3-319-61530-1 doi

JF801

323.6

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-à-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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