In search of the perfect citizen?: the intersection between integration, immigration, and nationality in the EU

This book studies the normative intersection between integration, immigration and nationality in the European Union (EU). It examines the relationship between integration and the legal frameworks of admission, stay and access to nationality by third country nationals at national and European levels. Integration is being subject to multifaceted processes transforming its traditional policy and legal settings, as well as its classical theoretical premises and approaches. The Europeanisation of immigration policy has provoked the emergence of distinctive European approaches on integration. The legal elements of integration are being developed through two parallel settings: the EU Framework on Integration and European immigration law. These venues constitute two of the main pillars upon which the common EU immigration policy is being constructed, and their nexus raises several elements in need of reflection and study.

Studies the normative intersection between integration, immigration and nationality in the European Union (EU). This book examines the relationship between integration and the legal frameworks of admission, stay and access to nationality by third country nationals at national and European levels