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This edited volume presents a critique of citizenship as exclusively and even originally a European or 'Western' institution. It explores the ways in which we may begin to think differently about citizenship as political subjectivity.

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Author:   Engin Isin
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.827kg
ISBN:  

9781137479495

ISBN 10:   1137479493
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Transforming Political Theory; Engin Isin PART I: UNDOING CITIZENSHIP 2. Abject Choices? Orientalism, Citizenship and Autonomy; Leticia Sabsay 3. Disorienting Austerity: The Indebted Citizen as the New Soul of Europe; Andrea Mura 4. The Imperial Citizen: British India and French Algeria; Jack Harrington 5. Haredi Settlers: the Non-Zionist Jewish Settlers of the West Bank; Dana Rubin PART II: UNCOVERING CITIZENSHIP 6. Overlapping Sovereignties: Gurus and Citizenship; Aya Ikegame 7. Contesting neo-orientalism: Terrorism Detentions, Migrant Activism, and the Claim for Justice; Iker Barbero 8. Multicultural Society Must Be Defended?; Zaki Nahaboo 9. Law, Orientalism and Citizenship: British-Muslim Family Law; Lisa Pilgram PART III: REFIGURING CITIZENSHIP 10. Performing Citizenship: Acts of Writing; Alessandra Marino 11. Haunted Citizens: Of Ghosts, Gang Rapes, and ?z?d?; Tara Atluri 12. Foolish Citizens; Deena Dajani 13. Citizenship ' 's Empire; Engin Isin

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Tara Atluri, Independent Researcher, Canada Iker Barbero, University of the Basque Country, Spain Deena Dajani, Education Consultant, UK Jack Harrington, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Aya Ikegame, University of Tokyo, Japan Alessandra Marino, The Open University, UK Andrea Mura, The Open University, UK Zaki Nahaboo, INTO City University, UK Lisa Pilgram, The Open University, UK Dana Rubin, The Open University, UK Leticia Sabsay, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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