Nationality, Citizenship and Ethno-Cultural Belonging: Preferential Membership Policies in Europe

This book investigates the legal rules of acquisition and loss of citizenship in Europe. Challenging mainstream arguments about the de-ethnicization of citizenship in Europe, Dumbrava identifies and analyses citizenship regulations that differentiate people on ethno-cultural grounds. Providing a unique comparative analysis of citizenship laws in thirty eight European countries, this book assesses major justifications for ethno-cultural rules of citizenship. From general legal and normative principles to more specific and contextual justifications, Dumbrava builds a normative framework for analyzing membership of a liberal democratic state.By disentangling the unitary model of national citizenship that bundles together legal, political, and identity memberships, Citizenship, Nationality and Ethno-Cultural Membership aims to reconcile competing principles of membership and define a more robust set of citizenship regulations.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Dumbrava, C.
Published: 08/13/2014
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9781137382078
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.70d