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.

Preface

Matthew Gibney

Photograph

Saiful Huq Omi

Chapter 1: Introduction to Understanding Statelessness

Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss and Phillip Cole

Part I: Defining Statelessness

Photograph

John Halaka

Chapter 2: Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of Marginalisation

Lindsey N Kingston

Chapter 3: Contexts of Statelessness: The Concepts 'Statelessness In Situ' and 'Statelessness in the Migratory Context'

Caia Vlieks

Chapter 4: Unpacking Statelessness

Laura van Waas and Amal de Chickera

Chapter 5: The State and the Stateless: the Legacy of Hannah Arendt Reconsidered

Brad Blitz

Part II: Living Statelessness

Photograph

Logan Abassi

Chapter 6: Challenging the disunity of statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

Zahra Albarazi and Jason Tucker

Chapter 7: Race-based Statelessness in the Dominican Republic

Jillian Blake

Chapter 8: Statelessness, Ungoverned Spaces and Security in Kenya

Oscar Gakuo Mwangi

Photograph

Greg Constantine

Chapter 9: Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in Nepal

Subin Mulmi and Sara Shneiderman

Chapter 10: Members of Colonised Groups, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights

Tendayi Bloom

Chapter 11: Recognition, nationality, and statelessness: State-based challenges for UNHCR's plan to end statelessness

Kelly Staples

Part III: Theorising Statelessness

Photograph

Denis Bosnic

Chapter 12: Why

Preface

Matthew Gibney

Photograph

Saiful Huq Omi

Chapter 1: Introduction to Understanding Statelessness

Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss and Phillip Cole

Part I: Defining Statelessness

Photograph

John Halaka

Chapter 2: Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of Marginalisation

Lindsey N Kingston

Chapter 3: Contexts of Statelessness: The Concepts 'Statelessness In Situ' and 'Statelessness in the Migratory Context'

Caia Vlieks

Chapter 4: Unpacking Statelessness

Laura van Waas and Amal de Chickera

Chapter 5: The State and the Stateless: the Legacy of Hannah Arendt Reconsidered

Brad Blitz

Part II: Living Statelessness

Photograph

Logan Abassi

Chapter 6: Challenging the disunity of statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

Zahra Albarazi and Jason Tucker

Chapter 7: Race-based Statelessness in the Dominican Republic

Jillian Blake

Chapter 8: Statelessness, Ungoverned Spaces and Security in Kenya

Oscar Gakuo Mwangi

Photograph

Greg Constantine

Chapter 9: Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in Nepal

Subin Mulmi and Sara Shneiderman

Chapter 10: Members of Colonised Groups, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights

Tendayi Bloom

Chapter 11: Recognition, nationality, and statelessness: State-based challenges for UNHCR's plan to end statelessness

Kelly Staples

Part III: Theorising Statelessness

Photograph

Denis Bosnic

Chapter 12: Why End Statelessness?

Katja Swider

Chapter 13: Realising the Rights of Stateless Persons: The Doctrine of Fiduciary Duty and the Role of Municipal Government

David Passarelli

Chapter 14: The Right to Family: Protecting Stateless Children

Patti Tamara Lenard

Chapter 15: Statelessness and the Performance of Citizenship-As-Nationality

Katherine Tonkiss

Chapter 16: Insider Theory and the Construction of Statelessness

Phillip Cole

End Statelessness?

Katja Swider

Chapter 13: Realising the Rights of Stateless Persons: The Doctrine of Fiduciary Duty and the Role of Municipal Government

David Passarelli

Chapter 14: The Right to Family: Protecting Stateless Children

Patti Tamara Lenard

Chapter 15: Statelessness and the Performance of Citizenship-As-Nationality

Katherine Tonkiss

Chapter 16: Insider Theory and the Construction of Statelessness

Phillip Cole