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Book SynopsisDiscusses the unprecedented challenges that the movement of peoples across national borders poses, for the people involved as well as for the places to which they travel and their countries of origin.
Trade Review"Benhabib and Resnik have succeeded admirably in their aspiration ‘to reorient the lively debate concerning globalization, borders, migration and citizenship . . . .’ With the appearance of this volume, the debate will never be the same. It is an essential resource for serious students of the subject." -- Peter H. Schuck,Simeon E. Baldwin Professor, Yale Law School
"Crossing disciplinary boundaries and navigating the comparative and transnational frontiers of migration, this extraordinary volume displaces the traditional male-centered perception of immigration without falling into an essentializing and unitary vision of the world’s diverse female migrants. Topical, timely, and well organized, the editors are to be congratulated for having assembled a collection that will undoubtedly stimulate a lasting debate in the field." -- Ayelet Shachar,author of The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality
"The rare and much needed interdisciplinarity evident in this book makes it a key contribution to the subject. Each chapter engages a critical dimension of the larger puzzle. And the editors' introduction brilliantly lays out an expanded analytic terrain for the old and new questions addressed by the authors." -- Saskia Sassen,author of Territory, Authority, Rights
"The broad themes brought forth by the contributors . . . offer a rich introduction to the important problems that will occupy scholars of immigration law and policy for many years to come." * The Law and Politics Book Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction I Situated Histories of Citizenship and Gender 1 Citizenship and Gender in the Ancient World 2 The Stateless as the Citizen's Other II Global Markets, Women's Work 3 Citizenship, Noncitizenship, and the Transnationalization of Domestic Work 4 A Bio-Cartography III Citizenship of the Family, Citizenship in the Family 5 The "Mere Fortuity of Birth"? 6 Transnational Mothering, National Immigration Policy, and European Law IV Engendered Citizenship in Practice 7 Global Feminism, Citizenship, and the State 8 Particularized Citizenship 9 Multiculturalism, Gender, and Rights V Reconfiguring the Nation-State: Women's Citizenship in the Transnational Context 10 Globalizing Fragmentation 11 Status Quo or Sixth Ground? Adjudicating Gender Asylum Claims 12 Intercultural Political Identity 13 Mobility, Migrants, and Solidarity 14 Citizenships, Federalisms, and Gender About the Contributors Index
