Globalizing Citizenship reveals how border controls and
detention practices, particularly in the post-9/11 world, are
transforming the meaning and politics of citizenship.
Description
Since 9/11, national governments in the global North have struggled to
govern populations and manage cross-border traffic without building new
barriers to trade. What does citizenship mean in an era of heightened
tension between global capitalism and the nation-state? Building on
Foucault’s concept of biopolitics and an examination of national
border and detention policies, Rygiel argues that citizenship is
becoming a globalizing regime to govern mobility. The new regime is
deepening boundaries based on race, class, and gender, and causing
Western nations to embrace a more technocratic, depoliticized
understanding of citizenship.
Awards
- Joint winner, ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association 2011
- Short-listed, International Prize, Canadian Political Science Association 2011