The political inclusion of the expatriates (and their descendants) in Italy reached a climax with the approval of the 2000-2001 Laws, by which Italian residents abroad can now elect six senators and twelve deputies in representation of the ‘abroad’ district, Read More …
Les Etats modernes ont instauré des mécanismes juridiques complexes pour régler l’appartenance ou non d’un individu à l’Etat-nation. Denis Scuto analyse la construction de la nationalité luxembourgeoise, du Code civil à nos jours, en dégageant les influences des législations belge, Read More …
This article examines the development and impact of German citizenship policy over the past decade. As its point of departure, it takes the 2000 Citizenship Law, which sought to undertake a full-scale reform and liberalisation of access to German membership. Read More …
“Who is the Greek citizen?’’ is par excellence an open question. A question that has been giving ground to semantic contradictions and different political apprehending, stimulating – in turn – further questions: Which are the criteria that have been used Read More …
In Europe, a variety of national policies regulate access to citizenship. This article analyses how citizenship policies affect naturalization rates among immigrants. Our analysis confirms that favourable citizenship policies positively affect naturalization rates, especially among first-generation immigrants with more than Read More …
This book examines the phenomenon of dual nationality in the European Union, particularly against the background of the status of European citizenship – a status that is linked to the nationality of each EU Member State. While the first part Read More …
This book asks how the original concept of a “right to citizenship (nationality)” has to be further developed with respect to the current context of migration and corresponding steps to Europeanise migrations policies as well as national citizenship laws, especially Read More …
In their contribution, Ines Michalowski and Ricky van Oers discuss Sara Wallace Goodman’s article on civic integration policies in EU 15 (‘Integration Requirements for Integration’s Sake? Identifying, Categorising and Comparing Civic Integration Policies‘, JEMS, Volume 36, Issue 5, 2010). They Read More …
Comment un État-nation trace-t-il les frontières de ce qu’il perçoit comme son « identité » ? Pourquoi et comment, pour y parvenir, cherche-t-il constamment à définir son extériorité au travers d’un Autre jugé « inassimilable » ? En revenant sur Read More …
This publication is the outcome of a year-long project, run by the UCL European Institute in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in London on “EU Citizenship and the Market: Rights and Identities in London’s European Communities”. The project sought Read More …
