Processes of Sub-Citizenship: Neoliberal Statecrafting ‘Citizens,’ ‘Non-Citizens,’ and Detainable ‘Others’

Dual citizenship rights: do they make more and richer citizens?

In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing their nationality of origin. I estimate the effects of these new laws on naturalization rates and labor market outcomes in the United States. Based on data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. censuses, I f...

Scientist citizens.

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH DELIGHTED SCIENTISTS WHEN HE STATED, “WE WILL restore science to its rightful place.” But he went on: “What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility.... This is the price and the promise of citizenship.” For scientists, one oftenoverlooked responsibility is explaining their work to people. This is not an unreasonable price for receiving public f...

Disabled Citizens

Cerebral Palsy, T.B., Epilepsy, deafness, and the physical handicaps of school children, are amongst the subjects dealt with; the present position in regard to them is reviewed and the "gaps' pointed out. Prevention rather than treatment is stressed, and how far we have to travel to attain the objective of a really adequate and comprehensive service which makes provision for both these things, ...

Citizens and Policymakers∗

We investigate the effectiveness of an aggressive price stabilizing (antiinflation) policy on the ability of citizens to achieve rational expectations equilibrium (REE) forecasts of inflation. Inflation does not persist when citizens have rational expectations forecasts. In using policy to assist citizens in achieving REE forecasts, policymakers also reduce inflation persistence. An aggressive ...

Welfare Reform’s Chilling Effects on Non-citizens: Changes in Non-citizen Welfare Recipiency or Shifts in Citizenship Status?