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Negotiating Extra-territorial Citizenship
David Fitzerald
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The dominant nation-state model of citizenship, in which political identity and state territory are congruent, is increasingly unable to resolve the contradictions created by global mass migration. Fitzgerald's careful ethnographic fieldwork in Michoacan, Mexico, and Southern California supports a process-based model of extra-territorial citizenship, in which migrants claim citizenship in their places of origin even when they are physically absent. Fitzgerald explains why many Mexican migrants based in the United States want to be ""taken into account"" in the politics and development of their home communities. He focuses on the consequences of ""transnational"" political attitudes and behavior for migrant-sending communities. ... Read more
The dominant nation-state model of citizenship, in which political identity and state territory are congruent, is increasingly unable to resolve the contradictions created by global mass migration. Fitzgerald's careful ethnographic fieldwork in Michoacan, Mexico, and Southern California supports a process-based model of extra-territorial citizenship, in which migrants claim citizenship in their places of origin even when they are physically absent. Fitzgerald explains why many Mexican migrants based in the United States want to be ""taken into account"" in the politics and development of their home communities. He focuses on the consequences of ""transnational"" political attitudes and behavior for migrant-sending communities. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9780970283825
SKU
V9780970283825
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