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category: Political Science
published: Jan 2011
ISBN:9780774859486
publisher: UBC Press

Globalizing Citizenship

by Kim Rygiel

tagged: essays
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.

About the Author

Kim Rygiel

Contributor Notes

Kim Rygiel is an assistant professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University and co-editor of (En)Gendering the War on Terror: War Stories and Camouflaged Politics.

Awards
  • Joint winner, ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association
  • Short-listed, International Prize, Canadian Political Science Association

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