Citizenship, Belonging, and Nation-States in the Twenty-First Century

Nicole Stokes-DuPass is a political sociologist whose research focuses on the state, international migration, citizenship, social integration, and Scandinavian and European studies.   Ramona Fruja is a sociologist of education who examines the intersections among immigration, learning contexts and identity, focusing on immigrants' experiences with education and citizenship in their multiple forms.

• 1. Constructing the Boundaries of US Citizenship in the Era of Enforcement and Securitization; Sofya Aptekar2. Enduring Practices of Scrutiny: State-Centered Perspectives on Naturalization and Integration Requirements in Germany and Denmark; Ramona Fruja3. Politics of Belonging: From National to Personal and the Political Framing of "Dutch" Identity and Ethnic Minority Citizens; Marieke Slootman and Jan Willem Duyvendak4. Conceiving Citizenship and Statelessness in the Middle East and Sweden: The Experiences of Kurdish Migrants in Sweden; Barzoo Eliassi5. Change, Challenge and Continuity in Qatari Development: Identity and Citizenship in the Fulcrum of Hyper-Globalization; David Mednicoff6. Regimes of Political Belonging: Turkey and Egypt in Comparative Perspective; Sinem Adar7. Recognition as a Relationship of Power and Struggle: The Governing of Kurds and Alevis in Turkey; Ozlem Goner8. Situating the Syrian State: Nation and Education (1914-2014); Idir Ouahes9. Permanently Waiting: The Kenyan State and the Refugee Protection Regime; Erika L. Iverson

“The volume adds to the literature by using novel approaches to paint a picture of modern states engaged in citizen-making in ways and places not often considered in the usual immigration/naturalization examinations. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (R. A. Harper, Choice, Vol. 54 (11), July, 2017)