Cities and Citizenship

Cities and Citizenship
Author: James Holston
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1999
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780822322740

An expanded edition of the Public Culture special issue, which explores current meanings and contestations of citizenship in relation to the urban experience.

Immigration and Citizenship

Immigration and Citizenship
Author: Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Casebooks (Law)
ISBN: 9780314143983

With a theme of membership and belonging reflected throughout, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy presents exceptionally broad coverage of immigration and citizenship and their unalienable rights. The book discusses constitutional protections, deportation, and judicial review and removal procedures. The authors define immigration and citizenship to include not only the traditional questions of who is admitted and who is allowed to stay in the United States, but also the complex areas of discrimination between citizens and non-citizens, unauthorized migration, federalism, and the close interaction of constitutional law with statutes and regulations. The fifth edition integrates important developments, including many changes to the immigration statutes as part of the Patriot Act; anti-terrorism enforcement; and splitting up the Immigration and Naturalization Service into various parts of the new Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies. Other significant changes include deleting the chapter on the concept of entry, folding the deportation chapter's discussion of relief into a general chapter on the grounds of deportability, and creating a new chapter on undocumented immigration.

Government

Government
Author: Mark Friedman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781592963232

Explains how the national, state, and local branches of government work together and separately to set up and carry out the laws of the land.

Citizenship Reimagined

Citizenship Reimagined
Author: Allan Colbern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2020-10-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110884104X

States have historically led in rights expansion for marginalized populations and remain leaders today on the rights of undocumented immigrants.

If Your Back's Not Bent

If Your Back's Not Bent
Author: Dorothy F. Cotton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0743296842

Director of the Citizenship Education Program, Dorothy Cotton, recounts the accomplishments of the program and her experiences in the civil rights movement.

Learn about the United States

Learn about the United States
Author: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780160831188

"Learn About the United States" is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one.

Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education

Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education
Author: William V. Flores
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498590950

In the most recent Democracy Index, the Economic Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy.” Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education takes a hard look at the state of American democracy today through the lens of one of the nation’s most important actors: colleges and universities. Democracy is more than voting: it includes a wide range of democratic practices and depends on a culture of civic participation. Critical for strengthening democracy is the role that higher education leaders play in educating their constituencies about their responsibilities of citizenship. During a period of time when higher education is under pressure to meet 21st century workforce needs, the authors here exhort to remember the public mission of education to serve the needs of the democracy, a government by the people means that the people must be ready to govern. It is in this spirit that these stories are offered to show how institutions across the country are reclaiming and reinvigorating one of the essential pillars upon which American democracy is based.