Democracy and the foreigner

What should we do about foreigners? Should we try to make them more like us or keep them at bay to protect our democracy, our culture, our well-being? This dilemma underlies age-old debates about immigration, citizenship, and national identity that are strikingly relevant today. In Democracy and the...

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Main Author: Honig, Bonnie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2001..
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