Annotated Bibliography on Citizenship and Social Exclusion

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Annotated Bibliography
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1ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona. Reconfiguring citizenship: Social exclusion and diversity within
inclusive citizenship practices. Routledge, 2016.
The author from the University of Victoria is a reputed social activist who has worked
with welfare organizations. She talks about citizenship and draws a relation with human and
economic rights. Citizenship is directly linked to identity and the author claims that social
exclusion has always been an intrinsic part of citizenship and the rights attached to outsiders can
be seen in theory and not in practice. The book is a worldwide recognized and acknowledged
piece which makes a very pertinent point about the role of government in ensuring that the rights
of outsiders are upheld.
The strength of the book lies in questioning citizenship as an inherent governmental
concept and examines human rights, social justice in the light of exclusion theory. The question
is whether exclusion can be seen in the light of social exclusion based on gender, class, ethnicity,
or not. The importance of this book lies in understanding that citizenship is an exclusive
principle which does not recognize human rights. The implication of the book to the chosen topic
elaborately explains the plight of outsiders in wanting to settle in a foreign land. The weakness of
the book is in not wanting to explore the discriminations that a human being feels while settling
in a foreign territory and how governmental and judicial help can better the situation by
providing the author’s knowledge and recommendation.
Blitz, Brad K., ed. Migration and freedom: mobility, citizenship and exclusion. Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2014.
Author talks about 214 million international migrants and tries to understand the rights of
these immigrants and the disabilities they face. Not only facing governmental control while