Surveillance, citizenship and the state cambridge studies in law and society. Torpey is currently a professor of sociology and history at the graduate center, cuny and director of the graduate centers ralph bunche institute for international studies. Surveillance, citizenship and the state one of the first steps taken by the leaders of the revolution to obliterate local particularism in favor of national integration had been the creation of departements to replace the old provinces into which france had traditionally been divided. The book was interesting for its explication of just how surprisingly recent the passports history is. Pdf download the passport in america the history of a. A passport is a travel document, usually issued by a countrys government to its citizens, that certifies the identity and nationality of its holder primarily for the purpose of international travel. Free movement into and within europe burlington, vt. Click download or read online button to get the passport book now.
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A comparative view in nancy l green and francois weil eds, citizenship and those who leave. Throughout the passports history, we learn, national authorities efforts to classify and control subject populations resulted not from abstract commitments to topdown order but from concrete struggles among competing interests. The case of contemporary europe, government and opposition 37, no. The invention of the passport by john torpey, 9780521634939, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Surveillance, citizenship and the state cambridge studies in law and society by john torpey 199911 john torpey on. It is largely treated in the same way as an identity card in several other eu countries, 44 since that is what their laws call such cards. Surveillance, citizenship and the state cambridge and new york. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the passport, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. The passport book download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. See also john torpey, the invention of the passport. Surveillance, citizenship, and the state cambridge, uk.
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The forms of legal identification that ids hold can be crucial to an individuals life chances. In the yearsrirangam city was invaded by malik kafur, the general of allauddin khilji, who wanted to loot the temple and destroy its deities. We use the passport as an entrance to this border security complex of policies precisely because the passport serves as the primary document of. Actor network theory and material semiotics1 john law centre for science studies and department of sociology, lancaster university, lancaster la1 4yn, uk ant 5. The splendid detail of john torpeys history shows us precisely such competing interests at work. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social responses to their implementation.
Apr 15, 2020 john torpey the invention of the passport pdf. Desika handed the alms to his wife, who promptly showed him the coins. Throughout the passport s history, we learn, national authorities efforts to classify and control subject populations resulted not from abstract commitments to topdown order but from concrete struggles among competing interests. In his seminal book on immigration, citizenship and national identity, gerard noiriel noted in 1988 that the history that analyzes the rationalization of administrative surveillance remains to be written. Pdf the passport in america the history of a document.
Inventor full name home address in full citizenship inventor full name home address in full citizenship if there are additional inventors, provide information on separate sheet concise statement of subject matter of invention. John torpey, the invention of the passport chapter 1 coming and going. Iv emigration as the highest form of freedom of movement16 v the drafting of the udhr. Determinants and processes of migration flows september 19 castles, et. Th e passport that john torpey 2000 describes as a means to distinguish those who belong or not to a nation, but also an instrument to control the movement of people, acquires here a diff erent. The historical sociologist john torpey is well equipped to address these issues his canvass is wide and does ample justice to his subject. The passport is part of a complex of policies that help define the national population and help protect and police state borders torpey, 2001. Surveillance, citizenship and the state cambridge studies in law and society by john torpey 199911. John torpey is an assistant professor of sociology and chair of the. Nov 01, 1999 the book was interesting for its explication of just how surprisingly recent the passport s history is.
On the state monopolization of the legitimate means of movement, sociological theory 16, no. Identity documents constitute a particular mode of writing a history of the. Cambridge university press, cambridge, new york 2000, 211 pages, isbn. Surveillance, citizenship, and the state cambridge university press 2000. This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. Tourism and the development of the modern british passport. An irish passport enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as evidence of irish nationality and citizenship of the european union. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Passports of taiwan horror stories university of washington.
Besides passports in booklet form, limited use passport cards are issued by the same government agency subject to the same requirements. This volume provides a range of theoretical and historical analyses, philosophical reflections, and case. Surveillance, citizenship and the state cambridge studies in law and society john torpey on. Download the passport in america the history of a document ebook free in pdf and epub format. The irish free state was created in 1922 as a dominion of the british commonwealth, modelled explicitly on the dominion of canada. The splendid detail of john torpey s history shows us precisely such competing interests at work. This public document was automatically mirrored from pdfy. Passport of the german empire, 1917 from the authors archive 18 cm x 14 cm open flat such passport photos are real treasures. We use the passport as an entrance to this border security complex of policies precisely because the passport serves as the primary document of national identification. Torpey characterizes this as an effort by modern states to embrace their citizens. The invention of the passport 3 role of administrative and bureaucratic structures in the emergence of nation as a concept, and, to that end, clearly coincides with torpeys work.
At the time dominion status was a limited form of independence and while the free state constitution referred to citizens of the irish free state, the rights and obligations of such citizens were expressed to apply only within the limits of the jurisdiction of. Open flat 22 x 16 cm from the authors archive 22 16 this nun may have been escaping nazi germany. American council of learned societies, chris arup, martin chanock, sally engle merry, pat omalley, susan silbey. It also facilitates the access to consular assistance from both irish embassies and any embassy from other european union member states while abroad. From the strategic use of passport applications by freed slaves and a campaign to allow married women to get passports in their maiden names, to the passport nuisance of the 1920s and the contested addition of photographs and other identification technologies on the passport, robertson sheds new light on issues of individual and national. As well for a foucauldian though not in name approach to the activeness of the powerknowledge techniques responsible for the current system. The passport download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. John christopher torpey born august 22, 1959 is an american academic, sociologist, and historian best known for his scholarship on the state, identity, and contemporary politics. On the state monopolization of the legitimate means of movement grete brochmann 1999 mechanisms of immigration control, pp. The irish passport card is a passport in card format and is intended to be usable as a travel document in most european countries, in a similar way to national identity cards elsewhere in the eea. An intellectual history of freedom of movement in international law. Cambridge core sociolegal studies the invention of the passport by john c. Click download or read online button to get the passport book book now.