EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Rainer Bauböck, Eva Ersböll, Kees Groenendijk, Harald Waldrauch (eds) (2006). Acquisition and Loss of Nationality. Volume 1: Comparative Analyses Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries. IMISCOE Research. Amsterdam: AUP

Rainer Bauböck, Eva Ersböll, Kees Groenendijk, Harald Waldrauch (eds) (2006). Acquisition and Loss of Nationality. Volume 1: Comparative Analyses Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries. IMISCOE Research. Amsterdam: AUP

Introduction

Nationality and citizenship have been subjects of stormy policy debates in many EU countries in recent years. Concerns over the integration of immigrants, but also attempts to forge links with emigrants, have led to changes in the laws regulating loss and acquisition of nationality and citizenship. This title outlines the research conducted by a team of 30 researchers into the nationality laws and their implementation in 15 EU member states

Description

Acquisition and Loss of Nationality - Volume 1 shows divergent trends towards liberalization in some countries and new restrictions of access to nationality in others. The book examines the impact of international and European law, presents statistical data on naturalization and assesses administrative practices.

Although the European Union has no formal competence in regulating nationality, the nationality laws of member states are linked to each other via the common citizenship of the Union. Member States should therefore agree on common norms for their nationality laws.

The book contains detailed policy recommendations based on the idea that stakeholders in the political community should be given access to nationality.

Background information

This title is published in the IMISCOE-AUP Book Series. In co-operation with the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) the IMISCOE Network has created five IMISCOE book series.

Methodology

Acquisition and Loss of Nationality - Volume 1 presents the results of a systematic comparative analysis. It uses a novel methodology that permits a detailed comparison how nationality can be acquired or lost across all 15 countries.

Studies of each country’s nationality law are published separately in Volume 2. Additional material including detailed statistics and further comparative analyses of legal regulations of nationality is available at www.imiscoe.org

EU involvement

The IMISCOE-AUP Book Series are part of IMISCOE which is an EU funded Network of Excellence in the Sixth Framework Programme.

Contact info

IMISCOE Network of Excellence
Karen Kraal (Communication Officer), tel. +31 (0)20 525 3659

Publication date

Project finished

//2006

Researcher

Rainer Bauböck is senior researcher at the Institute for European Integration Research of Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Eva Ersbøll is researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen. Kees Groenendijk is professor at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Harald Waldrauch was previously a researcher at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna. He now works for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Article info
ISBN: 978 90 5356 920 7

Links

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Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

Social inclusion & integration