'Pailey's theoretical work emerges from a multidisciplinary framing and a deep exploration of Liberia's history. This is one of the best aspects of this book. She expertly combines history, politics, and development analysis with her empirical data in ways that broaden, trouble, and critique existing theories. This expands both the fields of political science and Liberian studies, as well as making the book both accessible and suitable for praxis.' Caree Banton, Perspectives on Politics
Introduction; 1. Methodological, Theoretical, and Biographical Reflections; 2. The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia; 3. Dual Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa; 4. Give Me Your Land or I'll Shoot!; 5. Between Rootedness and Rootlessness; 6. The Dichotomy of Diasporic Developmentalism; Conclusion; Appendix I. A Proposed Act to Establish Dual Citizenship for Liberians by Birth and Background; Appendix II. Dual Citizen and Nationality Act of 2019; Appendix III. Proposition #1: To Amend Article 28 of the Constitution to Provide for the Inalienability of the Citizenship of Natural Born Citizens of Liberia (Dual Citizenship).