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1 online resource (235 pages) |
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Research in Ethnic Relations Series |
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Research in ethnic relations series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Democracy versus the Nation State -- PART 1 International Migration and Nationalism -- 1 Three Entrance Gates into the New Country -- Regulation of immigration -- The status as denizen -- Populations of foreign residents and of denizens -- The three gates -- 2 Membership of State and Nation -- Citizenship and political rights -- Citizenship as membership of the state -- An obligatory membership -- External and internal state-membership -- Membership of societal subsystems -- Membership of a nation -- Citizenship in the future -- 3 The Emergence of a Modern Citizenship -- Historical periods in international migration -- Citizenship in the 19th century -- Religion and citizenship -- The development of citizens' rights -- Economic liberalism and political nationalism -- 4 Nationalism and the Industrial Revolution -- Nationalism and democracy -- The origins of nationalism -- The industrial revolution and general education -- Nationalism and citizenship -- PART 2 National Identity and Dual Citizenship -- 5 Citizenship in Europe Today -- Attribution at birth -- Adult acquisition -- Comparison of some countries' citizenship policy -- Classification according to form of government -- 6 Propensity to Apply for Naturalisation -- Low interest in the Federal Republic of Germany -- Indifference also in Australia and the United States -- Interest in naturalisation by citizenship -- An organizing scheme -- A cost and benefit analysis -- 7 Dual Citizenship -- Why a substantial increase in numbers? -- Acquisition of a second citizenship -- Inconvenience caused by dual citizenship -- Some advantages of dual citizenship -- A Council of Europe expert committee -- The Swedish commission on citizenship -- PART 3 Political Rights and Political Participation |
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8 Political Rights for Denizens 1945-1987 -- International law -- Extension of political rights in the FRG and in Sweden -- Political participation without political rights -- Consultation -- 9 Political Interest and Participation -- Low political interest -- Political resocialization of immigrants -- Election systems and turnout rates -- Immigrant elections and political participation in Sweden -- Electoral turnout by citizenship -- Turnout, social status and country of origin -- Women's participation -- Concluding evaluation -- 10 Voting Rights for Denizens -- Obstacles to electoral reform -- Constitutional obstacles to a reform -- Evaluations of the first elections -- Voting rights also in national elections -- PART 4 Concluding and Normative Discussion -- 11 Two Models Based on Domicile -- Residence and domicile -- The naturalisation model -- The voting rights model -- The two models, compared and combined -- 12 Denizens and Political Rights -- Nationalism -- The large number of denizens -- Voting rights for denizens -- Naturalisation and citizenship -- Dual citizenship -- Conclusions -- Bibliography |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351945387 |
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1351945386 |
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