Statelessness : a modern history / Mira L. Siegelberg.
2020
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Title
Statelessness : a modern history / Mira L. Siegelberg.
Imprint
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Description
1 online resource
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
From subjecy of fiction to legal reality
Post-imperial states of statelessness
Post-imperial foundations of political order
The real boundaries of membership
A condition of world order
Nationalizing international society
Conclusion.
From subjecy of fiction to legal reality
Post-imperial states of statelessness
Post-imperial foundations of political order
The real boundaries of membership
A condition of world order
Nationalizing international society
Conclusion.
Summary
"Two world wars left millions stranded in Europe. The collapse of empires and the rise of independent states in the twentieth century produced an unprecedented number of people without national belonging and with nowhere to go. Mira Siegelberg's innovative history weaves together ideas about law and politics, rights and citizenship, with the intimate plight of stateless persons, to explore how and why statelessness compelled a new understanding of the international order in the twentieth century and beyond. In the years following the First World War, the legal category of statelessness generated novel visions of cosmopolitan political and legal organization and challenged efforts to limit the boundaries of national membership and international authority. By linking the emergence of mass statelessness to a revolution in legal consciousness, Siegelberg shows how the rights regime created after the Second World War ultimately empowered the territorial state as the source of protection and rights, against alternative political configurations. Today, more than twelve million people are stateless and millions more belong to categories of recent invention, including refugees and asylum seekers. As Statelessness makes clear, understanding the ideological origins of the international agreements that define approaches to citizenship and non-citizenship can better equip us to confront the dilemmas of political structure and authority at a global scale"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (DeGruyter, viewed on December 7, 2020).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Siegelberg, Mira L., 1983- Statelessness. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020
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Language
English
ISBN
9780674240490 (electronic book)
0674240499 (electronic book)
9780674240513 (electronic book)
0674240510 (electronic book)
9780674240520 (electronic book)
0674240529 (electronic book)
0674976312 (hardcover)
9780674976313 (hardcover)
0674240499 (electronic book)
9780674240513 (electronic book)
0674240510 (electronic book)
9780674240520 (electronic book)
0674240529 (electronic book)
0674976312 (hardcover)
9780674976313 (hardcover)
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