Maarten Vink explores change and resilience of citizenship under pressure from European integration. To assess the meaning of national and European citizenship the book analyzes parliamentary immigration debates from the 1990s in the Netherlands. The hesitant penetration of 'Europe' in these domestic debates on issues of asylum, resident status and nationality evidences the continuing relevance of domestic politics for the extension of membership and rights to non-citizens, and demonstrates the unsettled nature of European citizenship.

Autorentext
MAARTEN P. VINK is an Assistant Professor of European Studies at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Leiden University, The Netherlands and was Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at New York University, USA.

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Introduction Citizenship European Citizenship Immigration and European Integration Asylum Resident Status Nationality The Outlook of European Citizenship