Understanding Statelessness aims to offer a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of statelessness.

Tendayi Bloom is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University, UK.

Phillip Cole is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of West of England, UK.

Katherine Tonkiss is a Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University, UK.

Part I: Defining StatelessnessIntroduction Part II: Living StatelessnessChapter One Introduction: Providing a Framework for Understanding StatelessnessTendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss, Phillip ColeChapter Two The State and the Stateless: the Legacy of Hannah Arendt ReconsideredBrad BlitzChapter Three Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of MarginalizationLindsey KingstonChapter Four Contexts of Statelessness: The Concepts 'Statelessness In Situ' and'Statelessness in the Migratory Context'Caia VlieksChapter Five Unpacking StatelessnessLaura van Waas, Amal de ChickeraChapter Six Race-based Statelessness in the Dominican RepublicJillian BlakeChapter Seven Statelessness, Ungoverned Spaces and Security in KenyaOscar Gakuo MwangiChapter Eight Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in NepalSubin Mulmi, Sara ShneidermanChapter Nine Members of Colonised Groups, Statelessness, and the Right to Have RightsTendayi BloomChapter Ten Why End Statelessness?Katja SwiderPart III: Theorising StatelessnessChapter Eleven Realizing the Rights of Stateless Persons: The Doctrine of Fiduciary Duty and the Role of Municipal GovernmentDavid PassarelliChapter Twelve The Right to Family: Protecting Stateless ChildrenPatti Tamara LenardChapter Thirteen Statelessness and the Performance of Citizenship-As-NationalityKatherine TonkissChapter Fourteen Insider Theory and the Construction of StatelessnessPhillip Cole