Transnational Citizenries

Reflections from the Field in California

Bibliographic Data

ID4524968
AuthorsPaul Johnston (0000-0002-9978-8859, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume7
Issue2
Pages199-217
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1362102032000065973
OpenAlexW2148239630
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited18

This essay explores new patterns of public life emerging with the growing assertion of rights by Mexican first-generation immigrants to the United States. It relies on a definition of citizenship as our relationship to public institutions. Among other consequences, this view directs our attention to the implications of 'transnational citizenries' for public institutions within the boundaries of the nation-state. The study examines a California town's response to an April 2001 raid by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) which targeted a new population of indigenous immigrants from southern Mexico. The analysis emphasizes (1) the re-emerging significance of labor movements for citizenship development in the US; (2) the appearance of several new transnational or bi-national citizenries; and (3) a distinctive pattern of bifurcation and change in public organizations that are confronted by the increased complexity of citizenship in 'overlapping societies'

Assertion · Citizenship · Immigration · Indigenous · Naturalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Public Administration

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