Citizenship literature
Descent, birthplace and residence: Aligning principles of citizenship with realities of migrant transnationalism
The article presents a theoretical argument for aligning principles of citizenship with realities of migrant transnationalism and dual citizenship. Migrant transnationalism and dual citizenship challenge zero-sum understandings of belonging and residence as rooted in one place only. Through the lens Read More …
The “Enemy Within”: Citizenship-Stripping in the Post–Arab Spring GCC
This article reviews the impact of the Arab Spring on citizenship rights throughout the Gulf states, drawing on both internal and external dimensions of security that have become inextricably linked with notions of who has the right to maintain their Read More …
Democratic Citizenship and Denationalization
Are democratic states permitted to denationalize citizens, in particular those whom they believe pose dangers to the physical safety of others? In this article, I argue that they are not. The power to denationalize citizens—that is, to revoke citizenship—is one Read More …
Voting here and there: political integration and transnational political engagement among immigrants in Europe
In this article, I examine voting patterns in origin and receiving country national elections among immigrants in Europe. The existing scholarship on transnational political engagement offers two competing interpretations of the relationship between immigrant integration and transnational engagement, which I Read More …
Citizenship and Free Movement in a Changing EU: Navigating an Archipelago of Contradictions
This paper considers the implications – in relation to legal status of EU citizens and their families (and UK citizens resident in other Member States) – of the UK’s referendum of 23 June 2016, which resulted in a vote to Read More …
