From Aliens to Citizens

Fülszöveg

Europe has become an immigration continent. Yet the rights of immigrants and then-
access to citizenship differ widely between its nation-states. This collection of essays
looks into the following questions: What is the legal status assigned to immigrants
in the different European states? Under which conditions can foreigners become
naturalized? Do traditional definitions of national citizenship sufficiently take into
account new patterns of migration in this area? Is the new citizenship of the European
Union a first step towards a supranational political membership and how will it affect
immigrants from other countries? Will dual citizenship be seen as an adequate legal
expression of multiple social ties that connect migrants to societies of destination and
origin? What can be learned from the experience of nations built from immigration,
such as Canada and Australia? Finally, the normative issues are addressed: How
much cultural adaptation should be involved in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Europe has become an immigration continent. Yet the rights of immigrants and then-
access to citizenship differ widely between its nation-states. This collection of essays
looks into the following questions: What is the legal status assigned to immigrants
in the different European states? Under which conditions can foreigners become
naturalized? Do traditional definitions of national citizenship sufficiently take into
account new patterns of migration in this area? Is the new citizenship of the European
Union a first step towards a supranational political membership and how will it affect
immigrants from other countries? Will dual citizenship be seen as an adequate legal
expression of multiple social ties that connect migrants to societies of destination and
origin? What can be learned from the experience of nations built from immigration,
such as Canada and Australia? Finally, the normative issues are addressed: How
much cultural adaptation should be involved in naturalization? What can receiving
states legitimately ask from immigrants and what can immigrants expect from then-
hosts? Do we need a new conception of citizenship that includes all permanent
residents of a society, regardless of their nationalities and passports?
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the international workshop
From Aliens to Citizens which was held in Vienna on 5 and 6 November 1993. The
workshop was jointly organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies, the Wiener
Integrationsfonds and the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.
The authors: Rainer Bauböck, Ruud van den Bedem, Joseph Carens, Stephen
Castles, Dilek Linar, Ann Dummett, Ferenc Fehér, Tomas Hammar, Agnes Heller,
Piotr Korcelli, Marco Martiniello, Helmut Rittstieg, Cathérine Wihtol de Wenden.
The editor: Rainer Bauböck is Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies
in Vienna and Research Associate at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy
and Research. Vissza