This open access book critically re-examines the theoretical and empirical interconnections between integration and citizenship, specifically, naturalisation. With new, empirical-grounded analyses of what we term ‘citizenship-integration nexus’ the central, shared contribution is showcasing how membership is informally achieved through everyday integration —usually around, but sometimes in spite of, formal citizenship requirements. By providing evidence of a nexus disjuncture, the book contributes to critical dialogues on immigrant integration and political incorporation, relevant for policymakers, civil society actors, and academics alike.

Roxana Barbulescu, Sara Wallace Goodman, and Luicy Pedroza, “Revising the Integration-Citizenship Nexus in Europe: Sites, Policies, and Bureaucracies of Belonging“, Springer IMIS Research Series, 2023.