The United States is the only country that taxes its citizens’ worldwide income, even when those citizens live indefinitely abroad. This Article critically evaluates the traditional equity, efficiency, and administrability arguments for taxing nonresident citizens. It also raises new arguments Read More …
Given the widespread interest in political solutions to the current problems associated with immigration, we need to have an accurate understanding of existing policies in a cross-national perspective. To explain the coming into being and effectiveness of these policies, researchers Read More …
The municipal parliament in Chur, Switzerland (canton of Graubünden) has rejected a proposal from the social democratic party to introduce alien voting rights. All parties apart from the social democrats voted against the proposal. Non-citizens should get voting rights only Read More …
The Tages Anzeiger has reported that a number of foreign nationals who obtained Swiss citizenship through marriage are potentially at risk of statelessness (if their country of origin does not accept dual nationality). The Swiss citizenship through marriage can be Read More …
The Demographic Transformations of Citizenship examines how attempts by contemporary states to govern demographic anxieties are shaping ideas about citizenship both as a boundary-maintaining mechanism and as an ideal of equal membership. These anxieties, while most often centred upon immigration, Read More …
A report published by Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) maintains that a fundamental reform of the UK citizenship policy is required in order to resolve the status of EU citizens living in the UK. The report highlights that citizenship Read More …
Pro-Erdogan demonstrations in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium; Terrorist attacks in Germany and France. Against the background of these events representatives of conservative parties throughout Europe have questioned dual citizenship. In Germany, Jens Spahn from the Christian Democrats was Read More …
The steady decline of fertility rates in Europe raises a number of important questions about the demographic and cultural reproduction of national societies. Apart from being confronted with population shrinkage and ageing, most European societies are also becoming more diverse. Read More …
Immigrant investor programmes (IIPs) – aimed at attracting investment in return for residency or citizenship for wealthy foreigners – have proliferated in EU Member States in recent years. Such schemes constitute part of a much broader commercialization of citizenship, which Read More …
This article examines the latest U.S. naturalization data available, including historical trends and socioeconomic characteristics of naturalized citizens. Unless otherwise noted, data on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals who naturalized during FY 2014 are from the Department of Read More …
