Canadian Club: Birthright Citizenship and National Belonging

by Lois Harder

Birth-based citizenship is widely considered to be the most secure claim to political belonging. Despite the general belief that liberal democracies are formed through consent, in fact, most people are members of a political community by virtue of the circumstances of their birth. In Canadian Club, Lois Harder tracks the development of Canada's Citizenship Act from its first iteration in 1947 to the provisions governing the citizenship of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487547668
• ISBN13: 9781487547660
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher