Citizens Without Frontiers

Engin F. Isin holds a Chair in Citizenship and is Professor of Politics in Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. He was director (2007-2009) of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (UK) and is the author of Cities Without Citizens (1992), Citizenship and Identity with Patricia Wood (1999) and Being Political (2002).

• Preface Chapter 1: Of those whose acts traverse frontiers Act 1: Of treason: WikiLeaks Act 2: Of rage: Rachel Corrie Act 3: Of disobedience: conscientious or civil? Chapter 2: 'We, the people' Act 4: Of defense: Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Act 5: Of censoring: the Golden Shield Project Act 6: Of espionage: Stuxnet Act 7: Of assassination: drones Act 8: Of writing: Banksy Act 9: Of solidarity: Strangers into Citizens Chapter 3: 'We, the connected' Act 10: Of identification: We are all Khaled Said Act 11: Of hacking: LulzSec Act 12: Of defiance: No One Is Illegal Act 13: Of staging: Climate Camp Chapter 4: Enacting citizenship Act 14: Of speech: Waging Peace Act 15: Of fury: Mariyam Manike Chapter 5: Citizens without frontiers Act 16: Of declaration: 'We, the Roma Nation' Act 17: Of resistance: International Solidarity Movement Act 18: Of sharing: Open Rights Group Chapter 6: Emancipating (acts of) citizenship Act 19: Of enfranchisement: If the World Could Vote Act 20: Of music: Barenboim without words Bibliography Index

Isin provides a trenchant and imaginative reading of proliferating forms of political action and engagement—mostly progressive, sometimes reactionary—which traverse and subvert the nation-state. Combining a diverse set of case studies with rich interpretive reflection, the book examines various boundary-bending acts of citizenship in order to highlight a vital new frontier in the development of the contemporary political subject.