Globalizing Citizenship (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774818056)

Since 9/11, national governments in the global North have struggled to govern populations and manage cross-border traffic without building new barriers to trade. What does citizenship mean in an era of heightened tension between global capitalism and the nation-state? Building on Foucault's concept of biopolitics and an examination of national border and detention policies, Rygiel argues that citizenship is becoming a globalizing regime to govern mobility. The new regime is deepening boundaries based on race, class, and gender, and causing Western nations to embrace a more technocratic, depoliticized understanding of citizenship.

Author: Kim Rygiel
ISBN-10: 0774818050
ISBN-13: 9780774818056
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2011
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d