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UNINA9910813337703321 |
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Autore |
Sadiq Kamal |
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Titolo |
Paper citizens [[electronic resource] ] : how illegal immigrants acquire citizenship in developing countries / / Kamal Sadiq |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-988813-2 |
0-19-976463-8 |
9786611826000 |
1-281-82600-6 |
0-19-970780-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Noncitizens - South Asia |
Noncitizens - Southeast Asia |
Noncitizens - Pakistan |
Security, International |
Border crossing |
Illegal immigration |
South Asia Emigration and immigration |
Southeast Asia Emigration and immigration |
Pakistan Emigration and immigration |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A paradox : illegal immigrants as citizens -- The process -- Searching for illegal immigrants -- Networks of complicity -- Blurred membership -- Documentary citizenship -- The proof -- Voters across borders -- Tough ain't enough -- After citizenship. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's undocumented immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world, where they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily. Sadiq introduces "documentary citizenship" to explain how paperwork--often falsely obtained--confers citizenship on undocumented immigrants. Across the globe, |
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