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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jacobson, David, 1959- Rights across borders. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1996 (OCoLC)605078383 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Jacobson |
ISBN: | 0801851505 9780801851506 0801857708 9780801857706 |
OCLC Number: | 32430155 |
Description: | x, 181 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Novus Ordo Seclorum. Defining a Nation. The Argument. Plan of This Book -- 2. Immigration and Citizenship in Western Europe. Volkgeist and Fraternite: Nationhood in Germany and France. Europe: Guest Workers to Settlers. Migrant Rights and the Value of Citizenship -- 3. Immigration and Citizenship in the United States: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Historical Background. Immigration Reform. Immigration, IRCA, and the Value of Citizenship. The Recasting of Nationality -- 4. Western Europe and the Age of Rights. Human Rights and State Sovereignty. International Human Rights Instruments. The European Convention on Human Rights -- 5. The United States and the Age of Rights. The Constitution and International Law. International Law, the Constitution, and the American Political Identity -- 6. States without Nations. The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe. Charting a New Terrain -- 7. Nations without States: Reflections on a Changing Landscape. |
Responsibility: | David Jacobson. |
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This short book is broad in scope, arguing for the existence of a 'paradigmatic shift' from nation-state sovereignty to the prevalence of international human rights norms in the 'Euro-Atlantic core.'. -- Susanne Schmeidl and Sarah Wayland * International Migration Review * [Jacobson] develops a powerful case for the proposition that 'transnational migration is steadily eroding the traditional basis of nation-state membership, namely citizenship,' a phenomenon accompanied by a rise in the importance of international or 'universal' human rights. -- Martin O. Heisler * Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science * This short but well-written book addresses a neglected aspect of the contemporary decline of the nation-state. It studies in depth the criteria by which France, Germany, and the United States distinguish between citizen and alien, from the political-territorial definition of the French to the ethno-cultural one of the Germans. -- Francis Fukuyama * Foreign Affairs * Jacobson challenges scholars to rethink their views of the state. Current theories of political sociology and international relations are rooted in conceptions that, he feels, are losing their relevance and bite... A thought-provoking book. -- Lawrence M. Friedman * Law and Politics Book Review * Few people discussing national and cultural identity or citizenship have looked at the legal ramifications of immigration. David Jacobson fills this gap in his important book. -- Jeff Spinner-Halev * American Political Science Review * A compelling explanation of the intersection between transnational migration and human rights norms. It will be of interest to scholars of both international migration and human rights as well as a general reading audience interested in questions regarding immigration and citizenship -- Debra DeLaet * Perspectives on Political Science * Read more...


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- Citizenship.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Aliens -- Civil rights.
- Immigrants -- Civil rights.
- Internationale Migration
- Nationalstaat
- Staatsangehörigkeit
- Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
- Burgerschap.
- Burgerrechten.
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- Immigratie.
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- Internationale Migration.
- Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht.
- Staatsangehörigkeit.
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