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“This book is based on qualitative data, including the observation of citizenship ceremonies in Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK; interviews with officers in each of these sites; and in the UK with individuals who participate in these ceremonies to conclude their rites of passage to their new citizenship. … this book is a must for anyone interested in these highly relevant issues.” (Özlem Altan-Olcay, Ethnic and Racial Studies, March, 2016)
"This book offers a unique international study of citizenship ceremonies, comparing public rituals of 'national welcome' across six countries. Drawing on observations of ceremonies in six countries, as well as interviews with new citizens in Britain, Byrne offers a rich account that sheds light on the tensions, dissonances, and convergences surrounding the significance and experiences of citizenship. Byrne takes us from the pomp and circumstance of some large ceremonies or more modest and less formal ones, to the long, and at times difficult 'journeys' and experiences of those that she aptly refers to as 'citizands' (like graduands). She reveals how a nation's hospitality can be more uneven, fraught, and tenuous than the ceremonies suggest. This book gives readers a vivid picture of citizenship ceremonies as a rich social space and social event that Byrne consistently situates within wider historical and political contexts and debates over immigration. A must read for anyone interested in citizenship attribution and acquisition." - Anne-Marie Fortier, Lancaster University, UK
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Book Title: Making Citizens
Book Subtitle: Public Rituals and Personal Journeys to Citizenship
Authors: Bridget Byrne
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137003218
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-00320-1Published: 07 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-43415-2Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-00321-8Published: 25 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 210
Topics: Sociology, general, Political Science, Migration, Constitutional Law, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies