TY - GEN N2 - The vast majority of the global population acquires citizenship purely by accidental circumstances of birth. In The Birthright Lottery, Ayelet Shachar argues that birthright citizenship in an affluent society can be thought of as a form of property inheritance: that is, a valuable entitlement transmitted by law to a restricted group of recipients under conditions that perpetuate the transfer of this prerogative to their heirs. DO - 10.4159/9780674054592 DO - doi AB - The vast majority of the global population acquires citizenship purely by accidental circumstances of birth. In The Birthright Lottery, Ayelet Shachar argues that birthright citizenship in an affluent society can be thought of as a form of property inheritance: that is, a valuable entitlement transmitted by law to a restricted group of recipients under conditions that perpetuate the transfer of this prerogative to their heirs. T1 - The Birthright Lottery :Citizenship and Global Inequality / AU - Shachar, Ayelet, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - K3224 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478868 KW - Citizenship. KW - Sociological jurisprudence. KW - LAW / Emigration & Immigration. SN - 9780674054592 TI - The Birthright Lottery :Citizenship and Global Inequality / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054592 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054592 ER -