Citizenship : what everyone needs to know /
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Author / Creator: | Spiro, Peter J., author. |
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Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] ©2020 |
Description: | xi, 170 pages ; 21 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | What everyone needs to know What everyone needs to know. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11989358 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Citizenship Through Birth
- Why do states give anyone citizenship at birth?
- Does being born in a country's territory entitle one to citizenship in that country?
- What are the origins of territorial birthright citizenship ?
- How does territorial birth citizenship relate to the Dred Scott decision?
- Do all persons born in US territory enjoy US citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment?
- What are the arguments for and against birthright citizenship for unauthorized immigrants?
- Does the history of the Fourteenth Amendment support the extension of citizenship to the children of unauthorized immigrants?
- Do people born in US territories have citizenship at birth?
- What are "anchor babies"?
- What is "birth tourism"?
- Does a child born abroad get the parent's citizenship?
- Do children born abroad have to "sign up" for citizenship?
- What are "accidental Americans"?
- When only one parent is a citizen, does it matter whether it is the mother or the father?
- When born on an airplane or a ship, what citizenship does one have at birth?
- Do noncitizen children adopted by citizen parents automatically get citizenship?
- How easy is it to demonstrate entitlement to birth citizenship?
- 2. Naturalization
- Why do countries grant anyone citizenship after birth?
- What is the history of naturalization?
- Have racial and religious criteria been applied to naturalization eligibility?
- Do all countries require legal residency as a condition of naturalization?
- Why is a period of residency usually required for naturalization?
- Do some naturalization applicants get preferential treatment?
- What is Israel's Law of Return?
- What is the so-called citizenship test for US naturalization?
- Do other countries have citizenship tests?
- Are naturalization exams justifiable?
- Is naturalization contingent on language facility?
- Do would-be citizens have to show they are good people?
- What is the citizenship oath?
- If unauthorized immigrants are legalized in the United States, should they get a "path to citizenship"?
- Can one buy citizenship?
- Do states sometimes extend citizenship to individuals with special talents?
- Does military service result in citizenship?
- Can countries naturalize whomever they want?
- What was the Nottebohm Case?
- Do all eligible immigrants naturalize?
- Who administers naturalization?
- When can individuals secure citizenship on the basis of ancestry?
- Is citizenship ever granted on the basis of past persecution?
- How is citizenship allocated when states break apart?
- What is honorary citizenship?
- 3. Rights and Obligations of Citizenship
- What were the rights and obligations of citizenship in the ancient world?
- Do noncitizens enjoy civil rights today?
- In economic matters, have noncitizens been discriminated against as a matter of law?
- What were "declarant aliens," and how was the status advantageous?
- Are noncitizen permanent residents discriminated against for economic purposes today?
- Are noncitizens eligible for public benefits such as welfare?
- Can citizens be deported?
- What other immigration-related benefits attach to citizenship?
- Are noncitizens required to serve in the military?
- Do noncitizens have to pay taxes?
- What are the distinctive obligations of citizenship?
- Can noncitizens vote?
- Can noncitizens engage in other forms of political activity?
- Do naturalized citizens have the same rights as birthright citizens?
- Do governments help citizens abroad?
- Do citizens abroad carry constitutional rights with them?
- Do citizens in US territories have the same rights as those in the fifty states of the United States?
- Can only citizens commit treason?
- Do citizens abroad have to pay taxes?
- Do citizens abroad get to vote?
- 4. Dual Citizenship
- Why did states once abhor dual nationality?
- How did states formerly police against dual citizenship?
- How does one get dual citizenship at birth?
- How does one get dual citizenship after birth?
- Is the US renunciation oath enforced?
- Why do people want dual citizenship?
- How many people have dual citizenship?
- How can one be loyal to more than one country?
- What if two countries in which a person holds citizenship get into a war with each other?
- Can dual citizens serve in government positions?
- Does dual citizenship undermine the value of citizenship?
- Why have many "sending states" embraced dual citizenship?
- Are there regional variations in the acceptance of dual citizenship?
- Why should states allow dual citizenship?
- Does dual citizenship result in inequality?
- Can one have more than two citizenships?
- 5. Citizenship Deprivation and Statelessness
- What terms are used to describe loss of citizenship?
- Why did people want a "right" to expatriate in the nineteenth century?
- Did women at one time lose nationality if they married foreign men?
- What was a Hansen passport?
- Can termination of citizenship be used as a penalty for criminal activity?
- Are there constitutional constraints on the government's power to terminate citizenship under US law?
- Are individuals deprived of their citizenship against their will under current US practice?
- Should countries "citizenship strip" terrorists?
- Is the United States likely to adopt a terrorist expatriation law?
- How is passport revocation similar to citizenship stripping?
- What is denaturalization?
- Are individuals free to renounce their citizenship today?
- What are the causes of statelessness?
- What are the more notable cases of group statelessness not involving migration?
- How have states worked to combat statelessness?
- Are refugee status and statelessness the same?
- 6. Interrogating Citizenship and Its Alternatives
- Is citizenship inclusive or exclusive?
- What is the "birthright lottery"?
- To what extent does citizenship reflect social solidarities?
- Will the presidency of Donald Trump and the rise of nationalistic political parties revive citizenship as an institution?
- Is citizenship being gamed?
- How is local citizenship determined?
- To what extent does local citizenship represent an alternative to national citizenship?
- In the United States, can states discriminate against citizens of other states?
- Can local and national citizenship be decoupled?
- Can one have "dual" local citizenship?
- What is the significance of European Union citizenship?
- How does citizenship relate to "good citizenship"?
- Can citizenship translate to other forms of community?
- Is "global citizenship" a meaningful aspiration?
- Bibliographic Note
- Index