
Citizenship in India
Oxford India Short Introductions
Anupama Roy(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published in December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-19-946796-9 (ISBN)
Description
The idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete. This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other-the non-citizen. This book looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 183 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-946796-9 (9780199467969)
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Person
Anupama Roy is Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Author
Professor of Political ScienceProfessor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction: Landscapes of Citizenship; 1: Who is an Indian Citizen? The Citizenship Act of India; 2: 'We the People': Citizenship in the Indian Constitution; 3: Ambivalent Citizens; 4: Becoming Citizens; References; Index; About the Author