Author: SADIQ, KAMAL
Title: Paper Citizens. How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). 275 pages. With maps. Dustjacket. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo (standard book size); In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world. And when they arrive in countries like India and Malaysia_which are often governed by weak and erratic bureaucracies_they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily. Sadiq introduces documentary citizenship to explain how paperwork_often falsely obtained_confers citizenship on illegal immigrants. Once immigrants obtain documents, Sadiq writes, it is a relatively simple matter for, say, an Afghan migrant with Pakistani papers to pass himself off as a Pakistani citizen both in Pakistan and abroad. Across the globe, there are literally tens of millions of such illegal immigrants who have assumed the guise of citizens. Who, then, is really a citizen? And what does citizenship mean for most of the world's peoples? Rendered in vivid detail, Paper Citizens not only shows how illegal immigrants acquire false papers, but also sheds light on the consequences this will have for global security in the post 9/11 world.. New in New dust jacket .
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Title: Paper Citizens. How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). 275 pages. With maps. Dustjacket. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo (standard book size); In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world. And when they arrive in countries like India and Malaysia_which are often governed by weak and erratic bureaucracies_they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily. Sadiq introduces documentary citizenship to explain how paperwork_often falsely obtained_confers citizenship on illegal immigrants. Once immigrants obtain documents, Sadiq writes, it is a relatively simple matter for, say, an Afghan migrant with Pakistani papers to pass himself off as a Pakistani citizen both in Pakistan and abroad. Across the globe, there are literally tens of millions of such illegal immigrants who have assumed the guise of citizens. Who, then, is really a citizen? And what does citizenship mean for most of the world's peoples? Rendered in vivid detail, Paper Citizens not only shows how illegal immigrants acquire false papers, but also sheds light on the consequences this will have for global security in the post 9/11 world.. New in New dust jacket .
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Price: GBP 12.00 = appr. US$ 17.14 Seller: Literary Cat Books
- Book number: 22312
- Book number: 22312