Event description
As people, goods, and ideas flow across borders, scholars have argued that globalization is eroding the sovereignty of the nation-state. In contrast, David Fitzgerald argues that far from undermining sovereignty, efforts by migrant source countries to institutionally embrace their citizens abroad highlight the robustness of the nation-state system. Indeed, the new state-citizen relationship emphasizes voluntary ties, options for expressing membership, an emphasis on rights over obligations, and the legitimacy of plural legal and affective national affiliations.
Speakers
David Fitzgerald, Associate Professor, Sociology, and Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego
Michael Peter Smith, Distinguished Professor of Community Studies and Development, University of California Davis, respondent