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Visa Policy within the European Union Structure
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 109.99Focuses on the common visa policy as a case study on the constitutional structure of the European Union. After introducing the nature of visas, this book concentrates on the difficulties in forging a common visa policy at European level. It describes cooperation before the Treaty on European Union under the Maastricht Treaty. more...
Wild Grass
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 14.95In Wild Grass , Pulitzer Prize?winning journalist Ian Johnson tells the stories of three ordinary Chinese citizens moved to extraordinary acts of courage: a peasant legal clerk who filed a class-action suit on behalf of overtaxed farmers, a young architect who defended the rights of dispossessed homeowners, and a bereaved woman who tried to find out... more...
Acts of Citizenship
Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. This study of citizenship is truly interdisciplinary, drawing not only on new developments in politics, sociology, geography and anthropology, but also on psychoanalysis, philosophy and history. more...
The Ethnic and Group Identity Movements
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00Both the women's suffrage and civil rights movements laid the groundwork for some of the groups featured in this book, who were often less visible than women and African Americans. It presents an examination of these nascent yet influential groups, whose rise in visibility has mirrored the changes occurring within the fabric of American society. more...
Environment and Citizenship
Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95Using new evidence and cases from across the globe, Environment and Citizenship explores the new vocabulary of ecological citizenship and examines how successful environmental policy-making depends on the responsible actions of citizens and civil society organizations as much as on governments and international treaties. Smith and Pangsapa address... more...
Acquisition and Loss of Nationality, 1 & 2
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 119.00Set of the first volumes the comprehensive IMISCOE study of the legal status of nationality more...
International Migration and Citizenship Today
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 46.95International migration has emerged in the last decade as one of the world?s most controversial and pressing issues. This thought-provoking textbook offers the reader a more nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of the complex economic, political, cultural, and moral concerns that arise when people move across borders seeking admission into other... more...
The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 100.00This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor. more...
Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
Zed Books 2009; US$ 23.95This book brings together new material from across Africa of the most egregious examples of citizenship discrimination, and makes the case for urgent reform of the law. more...
Supreme Court and Individual Rights
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2009; US$ 56.35Focusing on the impact of significant Supreme Court decisions onthe rights and freedoms of the individual,The Supreme Court and Individual Rights provides full coverage of the freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Topics discussed include: more...









