People Out of Place

Globalization pushes people "out of place"--across borders, out of traditions, into markets, and away from the rights of national citizenship. But globalization also contributes to the spread of international human rights ideas and institutions. This book analyzes the impact of these contradictory trends, with a focus on vulnerable groups such as migrants, laborers, women, and children. Theoretical essays by Richard Falk, Ronnie Lipschutz, Aihwa Ong, and Saskia Sassen rethink the shifting nature of citizenship. This collection advances the debate on globalization, human rights, and the meaning of citizenship. I. FRAMEWORK 1. Globalization and the Citizenship Gap, Alison Brysk and Gershon Shafir 2. Citizenship and Human Rights In An Era of Globalization, Gershon Shafir II. PRODUCING CITIZENSHIP 3. Constituting Political Community, Ronnie Lipschutz 4. Latitudes of Citizenship, Aihwa Ong III. CONSTRUCTING RIGHTS 5. Agency on a Global Scale: Rules, Rights, and the European Union, David Jacobson and Galya Benarieh Ruffer 6. International Law and Citizenship: Mandated Membership, Diluted Identity, Peter Spiro IV. GLOBALIZING THE CITIZENSHIP GAP 7. Deflated Citizenship: Labor Rights in a Global Era, Gay W. Seidman 8. The Globalization of Social Reproduction: Women Migrants, Kristen Hill Maher 9. Children Across Borders: Patrimony, Property, or Persons? Alison Brysk V. RECONSTRUCTING CITIZENSHIP 10. Citizenship and Globalism: Markets, Empire, and Terrorism, Richard Falk 11. The Repositioning of Citizenship, Saskia Sassen 12. Globalizing Citizenship? Alison Brysk and Gershon Shafir