{"product_id":"canadian-club-lois-harder-9781487548605","title":"Canadian Club: Birthright Citizenship and National Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirth-based citizenship is widely considered to be the most secure claim to political belonging. Despite the general belief that liberal democracies are formed through consent, in fact, most people are members of a political community by virtue of the circumstances of their birth. In \u003ci\u003eCanadian Club\u003c\/i\u003e, Lois Harder tracks the development of Canada's Citizenship Act from its first iteration in 1947 to the provisions governing the citizenship of children born abroad to Canadian parents with the assistance of reproductive technologies. Reviewing a range of cases, Harder reveals how membership in the Canadian political community relies on norms surrounding gender, family, and sexuality, as well as presumptions regarding the constitution of \"authentic\" national identity, racial hierarchy, and the rightness of settler colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCanadian Club\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with a consideration of alternative approaches to forming political communities. Ultimately, it asks whether birth-based citizenship is the best we can do and what a more democratic and socially just alternative might look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lois Harder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487548605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487548605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.63d","brand":"Lois Harder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073707241727,"sku":"9781487548605","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60e1daef-d1ae-4d38-8484-ec19dcc1d8b2.jpg?v=1685449423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canadian-club-lois-harder-9781487548605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}