What is Citizenship for? (eBook)

Citizenships and Naturalization in Latvia

Susanne Tönsmann (Autor)

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2017
218 Seiten
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
978-3-8305-2187-7 (ISBN)

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Citizenship is considered a core ingredient of democracy and provides an indeed valuable status: Having citizenship means, amongst other things, having the right to vote, belonging to a state and being able to show a passport when crossing a border. What happens, though, when citizenship is not a given but an option? After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a sizeable part of Latvia's population was left without citizenship. Their willingness to naturalize has been lower than expected - a situation that challenges our understanding of citizenship as a desirable status.°°°°What makes citizenship attractive for people? Why does the state want to have citizens and not only residents? Conceiving citizenship as a relation between an individual and a particular state, this book addresses different dimensions of citizenship. Firmly rooted in citizenship theory, the author presents answers to the question 'What is citizenship for?' and provides a nuanced analysis of the development of Latvian citizenship policies.°°

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Baltic Sea Region
• Zusatzinfo: 5 schw.-w. Abb.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: Baltikum • Ethnische Minderheit • Lettland • Nichtbürger • Sowjetunion • Staatsbürgerschaft
• ISBN-10: 3-8305-2187-1 / 3830521871
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8305-2187-7 / 9783830521877