Identity, rights and surveillance in an era of transforming citizenship

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ID4524745
AuthorsJenny Nguyen (0000-0002-6919-1365, University of California, Irvine), James Nguyen (0000-0001-7153-7882, University of California, Irvine, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume22
Issue1
Pages86-93
Publication date2018-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2017.1406456
OpenAlexW2769744496
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

This review essay focuses on the problem of citizenship in three different areas, namely human rights, identity politics and surveillance. Heli Askola’s work focuses on the magnitude of demographic challenges that contemporary migrant-receiving states in the Global North face, and specifically focuses on the broader demographic picture of low birth rates, and increasing diversity and populations ageing; thus, focusing the problem of identity politics in the context of citizenship acquisition in Global North states. Richard Sobel’s book explores the empowerment of American citizenship, specifically through a unique reading of constitutional and political apparatus in the United States. Finally, Pramod Nayar’s work addresses state-based surveillance mechanisms like biometrics, biobanks and the internet within the context of citizenship and how new forms of subjectivity are forged within a culture of surveillance. These three works approach citizenship through a legal category of political membership, but also a process of political subjectivization

Aesthetics · Citizenship · Empowerment · Epistemology · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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