Civics as Applied Sociology
In: Social justice: a journal of crime, conflict and world order, Band 30, Heft 4, S. 21-39
ISSN: 1043-1578, 0094-7571
In: Social justice: a journal of crime, conflict and world order, Band 30, Heft 4, S. 21-39
ISSN: 1043-1578, 0094-7571
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 122
ISSN: 0017-257X
In: California journal: the monthly analysis of State government and politics, Band 31, Heft 8, S. 45
ISSN: 0008-1205
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
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Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated at the central level of the state, in Switzerland each municipality is accorded the right to decide who can become a Swiss citizen. This book aims at exploring naturalization processes from a comparative perspective and to explain why some municipalities pursue more restrictive citizenship policies than others. The Swiss case provides a unique opportunity to approach citizenship politics from new perspectives. It allows us to go beyond formal citizenship models and to account for the practice of citizenship. The analytical framework combines quantitative and qualitative data and helps us understand how negotiation processes between political actors lead to a large variety of local citizenship models. An innovative theoretical framework, integrating Bourdieu's political sociology, combines symbolic and material aspects of naturalizations and underlines the production processes of ethnicity.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Theories of Citizenship -- 2. Theories of Citizenship: Feminism and Multiculturalism -- 3. Postnational Citizenship -- 4. Political Participation -- 5. The Welfare State -- 6. Migration in Europe -- 7. European Citizenship and European Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
How do migrant youth manage to become political subjects and defend their rights? How is it possible to oppose domination and to what extent does democracy provide a reference point? Helge Schwiertz explores these questions by developing a radical-democratic theory and combining it with a qualitative study on the self-organization of migrant youth in Germany and the USA. Through the dialogue between empiricism and theory, he thus contributes to a differentiated understanding of migrant struggles as well as debates on democratic theory and shows how borders can be democratized.
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Since 1963, when the African integration project was born, regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been an indispensable part of the continent's deeper socioeconomic and political integration. More than half a century later, such regional institutions continue to evolve, keeping pace with an Africa that is transforming itself amid challenges and opportunities. RECs represent a huge potential to be the engines that drive the continent's economic growth and development as well as being vehicles through which a sense of a continental community is fostered. It is critical therefore that citizens understand the multi-faceted and bureaucratic operations of regional institutions in order to use them to advance their collective interests.
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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. 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. The results show 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.
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In: National civic review: promoting civic engagement and effective local governance for more than 100 years, Band 77, Heft 4, S. 350-354
ISSN: 1542-7811
In: National municipal review, Band 29, Heft 6, S. 372-375
In: National municipal review, Band 12, S. 574-576
ISSN: 0190-3799
In: National municipal review, Band 12, Heft 10, S. 574-576
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In: National municipal review, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 285-286