Citizenship as foundation of rights : meaning for America / Richard Sobel.
2016
KF4700 .S65 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Citizenship as foundation of rights : meaning for America / Richard Sobel.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description
xiii, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction: Empowering citizenship
2. The nature of American citizenship as the foundation of rights
3. The right to vote
4. The right to employment
5. The right to travel
6. Threats to citizenship rights in identification regime
7. Other countries' systems constitute warnings
8. Conclusions: Sustaining empowering citizenship.
2. The nature of American citizenship as the foundation of rights
3. The right to vote
4. The right to employment
5. The right to travel
6. Threats to citizenship rights in identification regime
7. Other countries' systems constitute warnings
8. Conclusions: Sustaining empowering citizenship.
Summary
"Citizenship as Foundation of Rights explores the nature and meaning of citizenship and the rights flowing from American citizens in the context of current debates around politics including immigration. The book explains the sources of citizenship rights in the Constitution and focuses on three key citizenship rights - the right to vote, the right to employment, and the right to travel in the US. It explains why those rights are fundamental and how national identification systems and ID requirements to vote, work and travel undermine the fundamental citizen rights. Richard Sobel analyzes how protecting citizens' rights preserves them for future generations of citizens and aspiring citizens here. No other book offers such a clarification of fundamental citizen rights and explains how ID schemes contradict and undermine the constitutional rights of American citizenship"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4700 .S65 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781107128293 hardback
1107128293 hardback
9781107568037 paperback
110756803X paperback
1107128293 hardback
9781107568037 paperback
110756803X paperback
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