Citizenship

Question 1

Citizenship definition, Mitchell (2009)

Answer 1

The rights and duties relating to an individuals membership of a political community

Question 2

B Anderson (2006)

Answer 2

‘Imagined communities’

- people associate themselves with a group of people, believe they are part of a group that doesn’t actually exist

Question 3

Antonsich (2013)

Answer 3

> CS: Cyprus buffer zone

• space between two different regions that are at disagreement
• provides space for activists to rebel and display their beliefs

Question 4

Bauder (2015)

Answer 4

Argues that with globalisation, borders have been liberalised

• many call for global community
• loss of citizenship?
• movement of people is most controlled aspect of globalisation

Question 5

Coleman (2005)

Answer 5

> CS: US-Mexico Border

• Border becomes a focal point of security and economic concerns
• restricted movement despite NAFTA

Question 6

Studemayer (2015)

Answer 6

Flexible citizenship allows benefits to be achieved
“securing lifestyles and maximising potential opportunities”
> CS: Estonia
- many left during the rule of the ussr
- due to soviet collapse, and changes in US andEstonia many go against Estonian law and poses multiple citizenships

Question 7

Hammett (2014)

Answer 7

• government ideals of a citizen may contest wth what id translated in everyday life by society
• results in formation of activist citizens
• ideas are contested and communicated:citizen test (government)
  but also by wider society who draw on multiple influences to contest the government ideals

Question 8

Ho (2006)

Answer 8

> CS: Singapore Metropolis

• Push for nation to become a hub of people and knowledge - pushed by government
• changing perceptions of Singaporean citizenship
• potential to loose affiliation wand belonging to a citizenship

Question 9

Ho (2008)

Answer 9

Movement of people has caused impacts on traditional relations of territoriality

human emotions associated with migration and strong links with citizenship

Question 10

Staeheli (2011)

Answer 10

• citizenship is a highly contested subject in geography

- Relationships and experiences create the citizenship not as a status

Question 11

UNDP (2009 report)

Answer 11

Migration can expand choices however this is limited by the persons skills and abilities
some see migration as crucial, no fixed citizenship

Question 12

Waters (2003)

Answer 12

> CS: Vancouver Canada
- Astronaut families
- Parents leaving in order to work, but leave kids in schools to allow claim for canadian citizenship
Hong Kong, Taiwanese

Instrumental Citizenship - Ip 1997