Immigration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century

by Pickus, Noah M. J.; Smith, Rogers M.; Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Bosniak, Linda S.; Carens, Joseph H.; Hollinger, David A.; Jones-Correa, Michael; Kesler, Charles R.; Miller, John J.; Motomura, Hiroshi; Perea, Juan F.; J. Pickus, Noah M.; Schuck, Peter H.; Ti

• ISBN13: 9780847692200
• ISBN10: 0847692205
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

It is important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(6)
Rogers M. Smith
Introduction	xvii
Noah M.J. Pickus
Part I: The Meaning of Americanization	3	(82)
1 The Promise of American Citizenship	3	(46)
Charles R. Kesler
Citizenship in Theory and Practice: A Response to Charles Kesler	41	(8)
Kwame Anthony Appiah
2 "Am I an American or Not?" Reflections on Citizenship, Americanization, and Race	49	(36)
Juan F. Perea
Reviving Americanization: A Response to Juan Perea	77	(8)
John J. Miller
Part II: Nationalism and Citizenship	85	(64)
3 Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the United States	85	(22)
David A. Hollinger
A National Solidarity? A Response to David Hollinger	101	(6)
Linda S. Bosniak
4 To Make Natural: Creating Citizens for the Twenty-First Century	107	(42)
Noah M.J. Pickus
Why Naturalization Should Be Easy: A Response to Noah Pickus	141	(8)
Joseph H. Carens
Part III: Multiple Memberships?	149	(80)
5 Plural Citizenships	149	(50)
Peter H. Schuck
Why Immigrants Want Dual Citizenship (And We Should Too): A Response to Peter Schuck	193	(6)
Michael Jones-Correa
6 Alienage Classifications in a Nation of Immigrants: Three Models of "Permanent" Residence	199	(30)
Hiroshi Motomura
Membership and American Social Contracts: A Response to Hiroshi Motomura	223	(6)
Daniel J. Tichenor
Index	229	(6)
About the Contributors	235