Revoking Citizenship : Expatriation in America from the Colonial Era to the War on Terror

揭示了美國悠久的歷史，即在剝奪其公民身份後，使歸化移民和本土出生的公民都變得不美國。移居國籍和隨之而來的所有權利通常與專制政權聯繫在一起。大規模驅逐社區中不可或缺的成員的形象與內戰、種族清洗、大屠殺或其他壓迫性的歷史事件有關。然而，這些做法不僅僅是不民主事件或極端情況的產物，而是包括美國在內的大多數民主國家法律制度中的標準條款。

哈姆迪的故事可能是近期記憶中最著名的外派故事，但在撤銷公民身份時，本赫爾佐格揭示了美國在剝奪國籍後被移民和本土出生的公民的非裔美國人的悠久歷史。追溯早期共和國和冷戰時期的這段歷史，赫爾佐克找到了撤銷公民權的社會學，政治，法律和歷史意義。為什麼，何時以及為什麼國家會從其主題中剝奪公民權？忠誠是根據出生地還是行為來判斷？使用撤銷公民身份的歷史和政策作為一個鏡頭，撤銷公民權審查，描述和分析公民身份，移民和國家身份之間的複雜關係。

Reveals America's long history of making both naturalized immigrants and native-born citizens un-American after stripping away their citizenship Expatriation, or the stripping away citizenship and all the rights that come with it, is usually associated with despotic and totalitarian regimes. The imagery of mass expulsion of once integral members of the community is associated with civil wars, ethnic cleansing, the Holocaust, or other oppressive historical events. Yet these practices are not just a product of undemocratic events or extreme situations, but are standard clauses within the legal systems of most democratic states, including the United States.

Witness, for example, Yaser Esam Hamdi, captured in Afghanistan in November 2001, sent to Guantanamo, transferred to a naval brig in South Carolina when it was revealed that he was a U.S. citizen, and held there without trial until 2004, when the Justice Department released Hamdi to Saudi Arabia without charge on the condition that he renounce his U.S. citizenship.

Hamdi's story may be the best known expatriation story in recent memory, but in Revoking Citizenship, Ben Herzog reveals America's long history of making both naturalized immigrants and native-born citizens un-American after their citizenship was stripped away. Tracing this history from the early republic through the Cold War, Herzog locates the sociological, political, legal, and historic meanings of revoking citizenship. Why, when, and with what justification do states take away citizenship from their subjects? Should loyalty be judged according to birthplace or actions? Using the history and policies of revoking citizenship as a lens, Revoking Citizenship examines, describes, and analyzes the complex relationships between citizenship, immigration, and national identity.

  Ben Herzog (Editor)  (Autor)

Publisher: NYU Press 

ISBN:    978-1479877713 

 原價   US 27 台幣價 NT$:920