The Boundaries of Citizenship: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in the Liberal State

by Jeff Spinner, Professor Jeff Spinner-Halev, Jeff Spinner-Halev

Book Overview

Liberalism has traditionally been equated with protecting the rights of the individual. But how does this protection affect the cultural identity of these individuals? In The Boundaries of Citizenship Jeff Spinner addresses this question by examining distinctive racial, ethnic, and national groups whose identities may be transformed in liberal society. Focusing on the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and African Americans in the United States and on the Quebecois...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801848121
• ISBN13: 9780801848124
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

First Da Boys, Now Dis!

I can't believe that the person who did my head shots, from forehead to chin, had enough in him to write a masterpiece like this. I didn't even think that he knew what a liberal state was! I have a new, profound respect for this brilliant man and will be using him for all of my photo needs like when I am snowboarding and hitting a 60 foot jump going 60 miles per hour, or when capturing my eyes.

Is it? Could it be?

In an amazing feat of accomplishment, a photography team that just moved to L.A. from Brooklyn, NY has written its first book?! Wow. I didn't even think he/they could really read! But here's the proof, and what proof it is. This book shows that Jeff Spinner not only understands the world he lives in, but relates it to reality as well. Not only that, he shows himself/themselves to be (a) savvy consumer(s) of identity politics, deflecting attention with obtuse attention-getting devises, while secretly writing a magnificent discourse on a really deep subject. Way to go, you DJ masta!