{"title":"Kristin Surak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristin Surak\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into the complexities of politics and global affairs. Her work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Passport\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the intersections of power, policy, and identity with clarity and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking analysis that challenges conventional perspectives and illuminates contemporary political dynamics. Surak's writing is both rigorous and engaging, making her work essential for anyone interested in understanding the forces shaping today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-golden-passport-by-kristin-surak-9780674303560","title":"The Golden Passport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first comprehensive on-the-ground investigation of the global market for citizenship, examining the wealthy elites who buy passports, the states and brokers who sell them, and the normalization of a once shadowy practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur lives are in countless ways defined by our citizenship. It is no wonder that obtaining citizenship is seldom easy—unless you have unusual means. For millionaires and billionaires like Peter Thiel and Jho Low, a new passport is just a question of price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a dozen countries, many of them small islands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South Pacific, sell citizenship to 50,000 people annually. Kristin Surak investigated the industry. Some \"investor citizens\" parlay their new passport into visa-free travel or use it as a stepping stone to residence in a third country like the United States. Other buyers seek an insurance policy against their home states. Almost none intend to live among their new compatriots, who have a complex relationship with these global elites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking study of a contentious practice that has become popular among the nouveaux riches, \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Passport\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers through the geopolitical hydraulics of a business that thrives on imbalances of power between big, globalised economies and tiny states desperate for investment. 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The country we belong to affects our rights, our travel possibilities, and ultimately our chances in life. Obtaining a new citizenship is rarely easy. But for those with the means — billionaires like Peter Thiel and Jho Low, but also countless unknown multimillionaires — it's just a question of price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a dozen countries, many of them small islands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South Pacific, sell citizenship to 50,000 people annually. Through six years of fieldwork on four continents, Kristin Surak discovered how the initially dubious sale of passports has transformed into a full-blown citizenship industry that thrives on global inequalities. Some \"investor citizens\" hope to parlay their new passport into visa-free travel — or use it as a stepping stone to residence in countries like the United States. Other buyers take out a new citizenship as an insurance policy or to escape state control at home. 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