Day 146, Year of #Mygration: The Scope of Citizenship with Dr Sara de Jong

This week we are sharing a series of podcasts produced by a team of academics at The Open University, which look at a different aspect of 'Citizenship' each day. In this podcast Dr Sara de Jong, an OU Research Fellow explores with Emily Yossarian, a Senior Manager in the Graduate School Network, the scope of citizenship. In the podcast, Sara the powers of nation states in setting the agenda on citizenship in a globalised world characterised by real time communications and mass movement of people and capital across borders.

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