TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lazar,Sian
TI  - The anthropology of citizenship: a reader 
SN  - 9781118412916 (hardback)
AV  - JF801 .L39 2013
U1  - 323.6 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Civil society
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "The Anthropology of Citizenship introduces the theoretical foundations of and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world, in local, national and global contexts. Key readings provide a cross-cultural perspective on citizenship practices, and an individual citizen's relationship with the state.  Introduces a range of exciting and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world  Provides key readings for students and researchers who wish to gain an understanding of citizenship practices, and an individual's relationship with the state in a global context  Offers an anthropological perspective on citizenship, the self and political agency, with a focus on encounters between citizens and the state in education, law, development, and immigration policy  Provides students with an understanding of the theoretical foundations of citizenship, as characterized by liberal and civic republican ideas of political belonging and exclusion  Explores how citizenship is constructed at different scales and in different spaces  Twenty-five key writings identify what is a new and vibrant subfield within politics and anthropological research  "--; "Introduces a range of exciting and cutting edge approaches to citizenship in the contemporary world"--
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