Migration and Citizenship Legal Status, Rights and Political Participation

• Other Authors: Bauböck, Rainer (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2006
• Series: IMISCoe Reports
• Subjects: Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology & anthropology; Politics & government; citizenship; political participation; european union citizenship; sociology; voting rights; sociologie; naturalisation; political mobilisation; transnationalism; migration; migrant organisations; politicologie; political science
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Summary

Citizenship is frequently invoked both as an instrument and goal of immigrant integration. Yet, in migration contexts, citizenship also marks a distinction between members and outsiders based on their different relations to particular states. A migration perspective highlights the boundaries of citizenship and political control over entry and exit as well as the fact that foreign residents remain in most countries deprived of core rights of political participation. This book summarizes current theories and empirical research on the legal status and political participation of migrants in European democracies.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (128 p.)

ISBN

9789053568880

Access

Open Access