Citizenship as Foundation of Rights explores the nature and meaning of American citizenship and the rights flowing from citizenship in the context of current debates around politics, including immigration. The book explains the sources of citizenship rights in the Constitution and focuses on three key citizenship rights - the right to vote, the right to employment, and the right to travel in the US. It explains why those rights are fundamental and how national identification systems and ID requirements to vote, work and travel undermine the fundamental citizen rights. Richard Sobel analyzes how protecting citizens' rights preserves them for future generations of citizens and aspiring citizens here. No other book offers such a clarification of fundamental citizen rights and explains how ID schemes contradict and undermine the constitutional rights of American citizenship.

An overview to the historical development of, and issues surrounding, the concept of citizenship. The authors place their discussion in the context of current debates about citizenship and constitutional reform in Britain. The text also includes a chapter on the European dimension. Providing an accessible introduction to a complex topic, the authors bring together law, politics, history, development and contemporary relevance of the theory of citizenship. Tables, diagrams and boxed quotations are featured throughout the text.

The Human Right to Citizenship provides an accessible overview of citizenship around the globe, focusing on empirical cases of denied or weakened legal rights. This wide-ranging volume provides a theoretical framework to understand the particular ambiguities, paradoxes, and evolutions of citizenship regimes in the twenty-first century.

In today's world, civic engagement is paramount in laying the foundation for the next generation of U.S. citizens. This book gives readers the tools they need to understand the civics concept of understanding citizenship. A relatable story and characters are paired with vibrant illustrations to teach readers the foundations of citizenship and civics. In this book, Remi learns about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. This fiction book is paired with the nonfiction book What Are Your Rights and Responsibilities? (ISBN: 9781538365410). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

Citizenship as Foundation of Rights explains what it means to have citizen rights and how national identification requirements undermine them.

Explains the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment's birthright citizenship provision, as a story of black Americans' pre-Civil War claims to belonging.

States have historically led in rights expansion for marginalized populations and remain leaders today on the rights of undocumented immigrants.