Citizenship in India
Price: 295.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199467969
Publication date:
12/09/2016
Paperback
248 pages
Price: 295.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199467969
Publication date:
12/09/2016
Paperback
248 pages
Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy
This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other—the non-citizen. This book looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.
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Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy
Description
The idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution
that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete.
This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces
the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other—the non-citizen. This book
looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.
About the Author
Anupama Roy is Professor of Political Science,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Landscapes of Citizenship
1. Who is an Indian Citizen? The Citizenship Act of India
2. ‘We the People’: Citizenship in the Indian Constitution
3. Ambivalent Citizens
4. Becoming Citizens
References
Index
About the Author
Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy
Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy
Description
The idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution
that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete.
This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces
the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other—the non-citizen. This book
looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.
About the Author
Anupama Roy is Professor of Political Science,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Landscapes of Citizenship
1. Who is an Indian Citizen? The Citizenship Act of India
2. ‘We the People’: Citizenship in the Indian Constitution
3. Ambivalent Citizens
4. Becoming Citizens
References
Index
About the Author