Citizenship and its exclusions : a classical, constitutional, and critical race critique / Ediberto Román.

Citizenship is generally viewed as the most desired legal status an individual can attain, invoking the belief that citizens hold full inclusion in a society, and can exercise and be protected by the Constitution. Yet this membership has historically been exclusive and illusive for many, and in Citi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Román, Ediberto (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2010.
Series:Critical America.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the citizenship construct
  • The creation of the concept : the classical period
  • The city-states of the dark ages
  • The movement toward nascent nation-states
  • The philosophical influence of the enlightenment
  • The De Jure subordinates
  • The De Facto subordinates?
  • A new vision of citizenship?