This edited collection goes beyond the limited definition of borders as simply dividing lines across states, to uncover another, yet related, type of division:

Aspiring immigrants to the United States make many separate border crossings in their quest to become Americans—in their home towns, ports of departure, U.S.

Within and Beyond Citizenship brings together cutting-edge research in sociology and social anthropology on the relationship between immigration status, rights

This collection of papers discusses the impact of diasporas on the articulations and practices of legal, political, cultural and social citizenship in their cou