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: 9780847692217
• ISBN10: 0847692213
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this 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. How Americans address these issues, the contributors argue, will shape broader debates about multiculturalism, civic virtue and national identity. The response will also determine how many immigrants become citizens and under what conditions, what these new citizens learn -- and teach -- about the meaning of American citizenship, and whether Americans regard newcomers as intruders or as fellow citizens with whom they share a common fate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
The Meaning of Americanization
The Promise of American Citizenship	p. 3
Citizenship in Theory and Practice: A Response to Charles Kesler	p. 41
"Am I an American or Not?" Reflections on Citizenship, Americanization, and Race	p. 49
Reviving Americanization: A Response to Juan Perea	p. 77
Nationalism and Citizenship
Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the United States	p. 85
A National Solidarity? A Response to David Hollinger	p. 101
To Make Natural: Creating Citizens for the Twenty-First Century	p. 107
Why Naturalization Should Be Easy: A Response to Noah Pickus	p. 141
Multiple Memberships?
Plural Citizenships	p. 149
Why Immigrants Want Dual Citizenship (And We Should Too): A Response to Peter Schuck	p. 193
Alienage Classifications in a Nation of Immigrants: Three Models of "Permanent" Residence	p. 199
Membership and American Social Contracts: A Response to Hiroshi Motomura	p. 223
Index	p. 229
About the Contributors	p. 235
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