Why are traditional nation-states newly defining membership and belonging? In the twenty-first century, several Western European states have attached obligatory civic integration requirements as conditions for citizenship and residence, which include language proficiency, country knowledge and value commitments for immigrants. Read More …
This research paper offers a comparative analysis of current nationality laws in the Middle East and North Africa, paying particular attention to the identification of elements or gaps that may contribute to the creation, perpetuation or prolongation of statelessness. It Read More …
Since 2005 South Korea is the pioneer state in Asia to extend voting rights at the local and regional levels to foreign residents. The few explanations of this unlikely reform remain partial and contradictory. With this research, we contribute to Read More …
This book investigates the legal rules of acquisition and loss of citizenship in Europe. Challenging mainstream arguments about the de-ethnicization of citizenship in Europe, Dumbrava identifies and analyses citizenship regulations that differentiate people on ethno-cultural grounds. Providing a unique comparative Read More …
What variables influence the electoral behaviour of citizens voting in home country elections from abroad? Despite the growing interest of migration scholars for the topic of external voting, this question remains largely unanswered. Basing ourselves on the existing political science Read More …
Migration and Freedom is a thorough and revealing exploration of the complex relationship between mobility and citizenship in the European area. Drawing upon over 170 interviews, it provides an original account of the opportunities and challenges associated with the rights Read More …
The Maastricht Treaty (the “Treaty”) first introduced the status of EU citizenship. The twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty, marked in 2013, was declared the European Year of the Citizen. Union citizenship has been understood as the world’s Read More …
In most accounts of democracy, rights and national citizenship are closely linked. Yet, actual democracies and semi-democratic countries include many people who are not full citizens in legal and political terms. THere is no sign of this population diminishing, and Read More …
In this special issue of the European Law Journal, prominent scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds discuss the transformations of European Union citizenship in theory and in practice. Publication details and link to source: Dora Kostakopoulou, Elspeth Guild and Read More …
The decision to extend citizenship to nonresidents grows out of specific identity projects undertaken, most often, by right-wing governments and results in fluid and variable conditions of membership. Publication details and link to source: Myra A. Waterbury, ‘Making Citizens Beyond Read More …
