Understanding Statelessness

'This book offers timely analysis on many of the key questions confronting stakeholders working on statelessness, and will be an invaluable resource for a growing global civil society coalition committed to tackling the problem' Chris Nash, Director, European Network on Statelessness This outstanding book, enriched by a collective as well as separate and insightful chapters by its editors and incisive chapters by its distinguished contributors, illuminates both theoretical and practical aspects of statelessness as the dark side of modernity. - Engin Isin, Professor of International Politics, School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP) 'It is fundamental reading for graduates and scholars of migration, human rights, political theory, law and international development. The effort of the editors and authors to bring an exceptional publication on such an important topic deserves praise. This book is thought-provoking and worthy of reading especially for those who are interested in deepening their knowledge of the many contexts and conditions of statelessness.' Juliana da Penha, freelance journalist and community worker developing various projects with migrant communities in Italy and Scotland

Tendayi Bloom is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University, UK. Phillip Cole is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of West of England, UK. Katherine Tonkiss is a Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University, UK.

Preface Matthew Gibney Photograph Saiful Huq Omi Chapter 1: Introduction to Understanding Statelessness Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss and Phillip Cole Part I: Defining Statelessness Photograph John Halaka Chapter 2: Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of Marginalisation Lindsey N Kingston Chapter 3: Contexts of Statelessness: The Concepts Statelessness In Situ and Statelessness in the Migratory Context Caia Vlieks Chapter 4: Unpacking Statelessness Laura van Waas and Amal de Chickera Chapter 5: The State and the Stateless: the Legacy of Hannah Arendt Reconsidered Brad Blitz Part II: Living Statelessness Photograph Logan Abassi Chapter 6: Challenging the disunity of statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa Zahra Albarazi and Jason Tucker Chapter 7: Race-based Statelessness in the Dominican Republic Jillian Blake Chapter 8: Statelessness, Ungoverned Spaces and Security in Kenya Oscar Gakuo Mwangi Photograph Greg Constantine Chapter 9: Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in Nepal Subin Mulmi and Sara Shneiderman Chapter 10: Members of Colonised Groups, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights Tendayi Bloom Chapter 11: Recognition, nationality, and statelessness: State-based challenges for UNHCRs plan to end statelessness Kelly Staples Part III: Theorising Statelessness Photograph Denis Bosnic Chapter 12: Why Preface Matthew Gibney Photograph Saiful Huq Omi Chapter 1: Introduction to Understanding Statelessness Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss and Phillip Cole Part I: Defining Statelessness Photograph John Halaka Chapter 2: Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of Marginalisation Lindsey N Kingston Chapter 3: Contexts of Statelessness: The Concepts Statelessness In Situ and Statelessness in the Migratory Context Caia Vlieks Chapter 4: Unpacking Statelessness Laura van Waas and Amal de Chickera Chapter 5: The State and the Stateless: the Legacy of Hannah Arendt Reconsidered Brad Blitz Part II: Living Statelessness Photograph Logan Abassi Chapter 6: Challenging the disunity of statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa Zahra Albarazi and Jason Tucker Chapter 7: Race-based Statelessness in the Dominican Republic Jillian Blake Chapter 8: Statelessness, Ungoverned Spaces and Security in Kenya Oscar Gakuo Mwangi Photograph Greg Constantine Chapter 9: Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in Nepal Subin Mulmi and Sara Shneiderman Chapter 10: Members of Colonised Groups, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights Tendayi Bloom Chapter 11: Recognition, nationality, and statelessness: State-based challenges for UNHCRs plan to end statelessness Kelly Staples Part III: Theorising Statelessness Photograph Denis Bosnic Chapter 12: Why End Statelessness? Katja Swider Chapter 13: Realising the Rights of Stateless Persons: The Doctrine of Fiduciary Duty and the Role of Municipal Government David Passarelli Chapter 14: The Right to Family: Protecting Stateless Children Patti Tamara Lenard Chapter 15: Statelessness and the Performance of Citizenship-As-Nationality Katherine Tonkiss Chapter 16: Insider Theory and the Construction of Statelessness Phillip Cole End Statelessness? Katja Swider Chapter 13: Realising the Rights of Stateless Persons: The Doctrine of Fiduciary Duty and the Role of Municipal Government David Passarelli Chapter 14: The Right to Family: Protecting Stateless Children Patti Tamara Lenard Chapter 15: Statelessness and the Performance of Citizenship-As-Nationality Katherine Tonkiss Chapter 16: Insider Theory and the Construction of Statelessness Phillip Cole