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Citizenship Attribution in Western Europe

International Framework and Domestic Trends

Bibliographic Data

ID7843462
AuthorsMaarten Vink (0000-0001-7143-4859, University of Lisbon, corresponding author), Maarten P Vink, Gerard-René De Groot (British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
Year2010
Volume36
Issue5
Pages713-734
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691831003763914
OpenAlexW2024450703
LanguageEN
Citations received75
References cited8

This special issue of JEMS deals with the challenges of migration for citizenship attribution in Western Europe. In this introductory paper we analyse recent developments in citizenship attribution across Western Europe over the past 25 years. Despite the contradictory impact of the instrumentalisation and politicisation of citizenship policies, and the fact that countries have different citizenship traditions and migration experiences, we observe six broad trends. These relate to the descent-based transmission of citizenship by women, men and emigrants; ius soli provisions for second- and third-generation immigrants; the acceptance of multiple citizenship; the introduction of language and integration requirements for naturalisation; the avoidance of statelessness; and the increasing relevance of EU membership. We describe the background and core features of each of these six trends and provide empirical examples from citizenship policies in 18 West European countries since the early 1980s

Attribution · Citizenship · Development economics · Economics · Emigration · European union · Immigration · International trade · Naturalisation · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Statelessness · Western europe · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology

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