000			01347nam a22001697a 4500
999			_c26506 _d26506
020			_a9780199467969
082			_a342.54083 _bROY-C
100			_aRoy, Anupama
245			_aCitizenship In India
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2016
300			_axxix,218p.
440			_aOxford India Short Introduction
504			_aIncludes Index
520			_aThe idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete. This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other-the non-citizen. This book looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.
650			_aCitizenship _vConstitutional law _vHuman rights _zIndia
942			_2ddc _cBK