States Without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals

Jacqueline Stevens

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Paper, 384 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14877-1
$26.50 / £18.50

November, 2009
Cloth, 384 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14876-4
$35.00 / £24.00

Preface

Introduction

1. The Persistence and Harms of Birthright Citizenship in So-called Liberal Theory and Countries

2. Abolishing Birthright Citizenship

3. A Theory of Wealth for Mortals

4. Abolishing Inheritance

5. The Law of the Mother

6. Abolishing Marriage

7. Abolishing Private Land Rights: Toward a New Practice of Eminent Domain

8. Religion and the Nation-State

Appendix: Methods for an Open Society

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Political Philosophy
• Political Theory
• Social Psychology

Series

• New Directions in Critical Theory

About the Author

Jacqueline Stevens is a professor in the political science department at Northwestern University and the author of Reproducing the State. She analyzes the politics of hereditary groups, including the laws and pseudoscientific narratives that make ethnicity, nation, race, and other intergenerational groups seem natural. Her research is available at www.jacquelinestevens.org.

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