Globalization and Citizenship in the Asia-Pacific

Millions of people around the Asia-Pacific region are suffering from the twin effects of globalization and exclusionary nationality laws. Some are migrant workers without rights in host countries; some are indigenous peoples who are not accorded their full rights in their own countries. Yet others a...

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Other Authors: Davidson, Alastair (Editor), Weekley, Kathleen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 1999, 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Millions of people around the Asia-Pacific region are suffering from the twin effects of globalization and exclusionary nationality laws. Some are migrant workers without rights in host countries; some are indigenous peoples who are not accorded their full rights in their own countries. Yet others are refugees escaping from regimes that have no respect for human rights. This collection of essays discusses the ways in which citizenship laws in the region might be made consistent with human dignity. It considers the connectedness of national belonging and citizenship in East and Southeast Asian and Pacific states including Australia; the impact of mass migration, cultural homogenization and other effects of globalization on notions of citizenship; and possibilities of commitment to a transnational democratic citizenship that respects cultural difference
Physical Description:XI, 252 p online resource
ISBN:9780230377080