Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic - From Citizen to Foreigner

This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements.

List of contents

List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. ID: An Underappreciated Revolution; 2. Permanently Foreign: Haitian- Descended Populations in the Dominican Republic; 3. Including the 'Excluded': International Organisations and the Administrative (Re)Ordering of Dominicans; 4. Citizens Made Foreign: The Battle for a Dominican Legal Identity; 5. Dominican or Not Dominican? Citizens and Their Experiences of Legal Identity Measures; 6. Towards a Digital Era: Closing the Global Identity Gap; Glossary of Dominican Terms and Phrases; Bibliography; List of Stakeholder Interviews; Index.

About the author

Eve Hayes de Kalaf is a research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, the UK's national centre for history, based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Summary

This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements.

Product details

• Authors: Eve Hayes de Kalaf
• Assisted by: Junot Díaz (Foreword)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781785277641
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-764-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Anthem Series in Citizenship and National Identities; Anthem Citizenship and Nationa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, United States of America, USA, Society and culture: general, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, 2013 Constitutional Tribunal ruling, Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people