Routledge Statelessness and Citizenship: Camps and Political Space

What does it mean to be a citizen? This academic work explores the complex realities of political identity through in-depth research with a stateless population in Bangladesh. By examining the Urdu-speaking population, this book reveals how the limits of political community are not fixed, challenging reductive liberal theories. Set within sites of both camp and non-camp based displacement, the text provides a detailed look at the lived spaces of statelessness. It offers important insights into the long-term unintended consequences of major historical events on uprooted populations. This book serves as a vital resource for those studying how political identity is formed and maintained in environments of displacement.