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Political Science Essays

Globalizing Citizenship

by (author) Kim Rygiel

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
Essays, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859486
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774818056
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774818049
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $34.95

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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.

About the author

Kim Rygiel is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Awards

  • Joint winner, ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association
  • Short-listed, International Prize, Canadian Political Science Association