Symbolic Citizenship, Nationalism and the Distant State: The United States Congress in the 1996 Debate on Immigration Reform

Symbolic Citizenship, Nationalism and the Distant State: The United States Congress in the 1996 Debate on Immigration Reform

Using a framework which is based on T. H. Marshall's Citizenship and Social Class , the article analyzes concepts of citizenship as they emerged in the 1996 debates of the United States Congress which resulted in the passage of important welfare and immigration reform laws. The discussions reve...

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Published in:Citizenship studies Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 255 - 273
Main Author: Schneider, Dorothee
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01-11-2000
Subjects:
Citizenship
Immigration Policy
Legislative Bodies
Policy Reform
State Power
United States of America
Welfare Reform
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Summary:Using a framework which is based on T. H. Marshall's Citizenship and Social Class , the article analyzes concepts of citizenship as they emerged in the 1996 debates of the United States Congress which resulted in the passage of important welfare and immigration reform laws. The discussions revealed that a majority of congressional politicians supported a citizenship ideal that relied primarily on an individuals' status as taxpayer, worker and member of a nuclear family and remained relatively distant to the nation state. The legislation passed as a result of these debates represents the attempt to use state power to maintain immigrants' distance from the state.
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ISSN:1362-1025
1469-3593
DOI:10.1080/713658794