Undocumented nationals : between statelessness and citizenship /
Wendy Hunter.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge University Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (65 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jul 2019).. - Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Undocumented Nationals: Between Statelessness and Citizenship -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evidentiary Statelessness in Perspective -- Descriptive Overview: Who and Where are the Unregistered? -- Conceptual Overview -- People Who Lack State Membership Anywhere -- People without Nationality Status Where They Reside -- People Denied Access to Proof of Nationality -- People in Countries that Have Failed to Facilitate Proof of Nationality -- Conclusion -- 3 State Neglect and Unregistered/Uncertified Citizenship: Illustrations from Latin America -- Who Was Undocumented and Why? -- Why Latin American and Caribbean Governments Sought Broader Inclusion in Civil Registries -- How Many Latin American and Caribbean Governments Have Made Registration More Accessible -- Conclusion -- 4 Active Denial of Access to Proof of Nationality: Excluding Haitian Descendants in the Dominican Republic and Nubian Descendants in Kenya -- Haitian Descendants in the Dominican Republic -- Nubians in Kenya -- Conclusion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Acknowledgments.. - Understood simply, people are either citizens of a country or stateless. Yet reality belies this dichotomy. Between absolute statelessness and full citizenship exist millions of people who are nationals of a country in principle but lack the identity documents to prove it, beginning with a birth certificate. Languishing in a gray zone, undocumented nationals have difficulty accessing the full services and rights that their documented counterparts enjoy. Drawing on a range of country examples, Undocumented Nationals: Between Statelessness and Citizenship calls attention to and analyzes the plight of people who cannot exercise full citizenship owing to evidentiary deficiencies. The existing literature has not adequately conceptualized and examined this in-between status, which results sometimes from state neglect and other times from intentional state discrimination. By highlighting its causes and consequences, and exploring ways to address the problem, this Cambridge Element addresses an important gap in the literature.
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| ISBN | 1-108-56891-2
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