Documenting Americans - A Political History of National ID Card Proposals in the United States

This is the only comprehensive political history of national ID card proposals and identity policing developments in the United States.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Identification documents and the book's findings: an overview; 2. Identification documents in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century; 3. Identification documents in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century; 4. Identity policing in the post-9/11 United States: the changing patchwork; 5. Identity policing in the post-9/11 united states: drivers and obstacles; Conclusion.

About the author

Magdalena Krajewska is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wingate University, North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Politics from Brandeis University, Massachusetts, and has lived in Poland, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. She specializes in comparative and American politics.

Product details

• Authors: Magdalena Krajewska
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781316649480
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64948-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government and the state, Citizenship & nationality law