Birthright, Birthwrongs: Contingency, Choice and Cosmopolitanism in Recent Political Thought Visions of World Community, by Jens Bartelson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. x + 215 pp. The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality, Ayelet Shachar. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. xiii + 273 pp. States without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals, Jacqueline Stevens. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xv + 364 pp

A review essay on books by (1)Jens Bartelson, Birthright, Birthwrongs: Contingency, Choice and Cosmopolitanism in Recent Political Thought Visions of World Community (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009); (2)Ayelet Shachar, The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality (Cambridge...

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Published in:Political theory 2011-06, Vol.39 (3), p.406-416
Main Author: Yack, Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizenship
Colleges & universities
Cosmopolitanism
Inequality
Political philosophy
Political Science Theories
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Summary:A review essay on books by (1)Jens Bartelson, Birthright, Birthwrongs: Contingency, Choice and Cosmopolitanism in Recent Political Thought Visions of World Community (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009); (2)Ayelet Shachar, The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009); and (3)Jacqueline Stevens, States without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009).
ISSN:0090-5917
1552-7476
DOI:10.1177/0090591711400030