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This paper is not devoted to European citizenship, but rather to the ways we study it. The paper is based on a sample of recent literature on EU citizenship and is developed as follows. Firstly, seven divergent thematizations (the ways EU citizenship is identified and framed) are introduced and analyzed with regard to the problems they show. Then five conceptualizations are presented that come from the same sources, and that should be considered to overcome criticalities. There follows the introduction of a conceptual framework regarding democratic citizenship as an empirical phenomenon. This framework allows the identification of a paradigm that has shaped national citizenship and that is experiencing deep crisis and transformation. European citizenship, from this perspective, can be viewed as anomaly of the paradigm and then appropriately studied.

This open access book raises crucial questions about the citizenship of the European Union. Is it a new citizenship beyond the nation-state although it is derived from Member State nationality? Who should get it? What rights and duties does it entail? Should EU citizens living in other Member States be able to vote there in national elections? If there are tensions between free movement and social rights, which should take priority? And should the European Court of Justice determine what European citizenship is about or the legislative institutions of the EU or national parliaments? This book collects a wide range of answers to these questions from legal scholars, political scientists, and political practitioners. It is structured as a series of three conversations in which authors respond to each other. This exchange of arguments provides unique depth to the debate

This open access book raises crucial questions about the citizenship of the European Union. Is it a new citizenship beyond the nation-state although it is derived from Member State nationality? Who should get it? What rights and duties does it entail? Should EU citizens living in other Member States be able to vote there in national elections? If there are tensions between free movement and social rights, which should take priority? And should the European Court of Justice determine what European citizenship is about or the legislative institutions of the EU or national parliaments? This book collects a wide range of answers to these questions from legal scholars, political scientists, and political practitioners. It is structured as a series of three conversations in which authors respond to each other. This exchange of arguments provides unique depth to the debate

What does it mean to be a European citizen? The rapidly changing politics of citizenship in the face of migration, diversity, heightened concerns about security and financial and economic crises, has left European citizenship as one of the major political and social challenges to European integration. Enacting European Citizenship develops a distinctive perspective on European citizenship and its impact on European integration by focusing on 'acts' of European citizenship. The authors examine a broad range of cases - including those of the Roma, Sinti, Kurds, sex workers, youth and other 'minorities' or marginalised peoples - to illuminate the ways in which the institutions and practices of European citizenship can hinder as well as enable claims for justice, rights and equality. This book draws the key themes together to explore what the limitations and possibilities of European citizenship might be

This open access book raises crucial questions about the citizenship of the European Union. Is it a new citizenship beyond the nation-state although it is derived from Member State nationality? Who should get it? What rights and duties does it entail? Should EU citizens living in other Member States be able to vote there in national elections? If there are tensions between free movement and social rights, which should take priority? And should the European Court of Justice determine what European citizenship is about or the legislative institutions of the EU or national parliaments? This book collects a wide range of answers to these questions from legal scholars, political scientists, and political practitioners. It is structured as a series of three conversations in which authors respond to each other. This exchange of arguments provides unique depth to the debate

This book sheds light on the limits and opportunities that are inherent to the institutions and practices of European citizenship, using various empirical examples specifically of minority groups.

"Our goal in this book has been to develop a distinctive perspective on the emerging European citizenship and its impact on European integration. The rapidly changing politics of citizenship in the face of migration, diversity, heightened concerns about security, and financial and economic crises, has positioned European citizenship at the forefront of political and social challenges to European integration"--

AS THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MOVE TOWARD A COMMON CURRENCY IN THE YEAR 1999, JITTERS HAVE GRIPPED PARTS OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT THAT SEE IN THIS PROCESS THE TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRATIC POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND THE DAWN OF THE REIGN OF EUROCRACY. THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT "NOSTALGIC NATIONALISM" IS NO ANSWER TO THE CHALLENGES FACING THE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENT. FURTHERMORE, TO IDENTIFY THE NATION-STATE AS THE PRIVILEGED SITE OF DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IS NEITHER CONCEPTUALLY NOR INSTITUTIONALLY CONVINCING. EMERGING OUT OF A CUSTOMS UNION AND BORDER AGREEMENTS AMONG A HANDFUL OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHAT WAS NAMED THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS EVOLVED INTO ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING MULTINATIONAL CONFEDERATIONS IN MODERN POLITICAL HISTORY. THE EUROPEAN LEFT SHOULD NOT HARKEN AFTER THE DISCREDITED NATIONALISMS OF THE PAST BUT USE ITS IMAGINATION TO THINK UP NEW INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION FOR A POSTNATIONAL EUROPE. THE ARTICLE LISTS SEVERAL IDEAS WHICH WOULD BE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.