This book explores the transition of unitary to multiple forms of citizenship around the globe. The contributions to this volume probe into the proposition that the increasing tolerance towards dual citizenship is a test case for the growing liberalization of citizenship law in liberal and emerging democracies.

Autorentext
RAINER BAUBÖCK Professor of Political Theory at the European University Institute (EUI) at Florence, Italy SEYLA BENHABIB Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, USA IRENE BLOEMRAAD Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, USA JÜRGEN GERDES Research Fellow at Bielefeld University, Germany MÁRIA M. KOVÁCS Professor of History at the Central European University (CEU) and Director of the Nationalism Studies Program at CEU, Turkey AUDREY KOYABASHI Professor and Queen's Research Chair in the Department of Geography at Queen's University, UK AUDREY MACKLIN Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, Canada MYER SIEMIATYCKI Programme Director of the MA Programme in Immigration and Settlement Studies at Ryerson University, Canada PETER J.SPIRO Rusk Professor of International Law at the University of Georgia Law School, USA WALDEMAR A.SKROBACKI Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada PHIL TRIADAFILOPOULOS Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Shifting Boundaries of the Political; T.Faist PART ONE: STATES AND HUMAN SECURITY Dual Citizenship and Security Norms in Historical Perspective; P.Triadafilopoulos The Securitization of Dual Citizenship; A.Macklin PART TWO: NATIONALISM AND NATIONHOOD The Trade-off between Transnational Citizenship and Political Autonomy; R.Bauböck The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Hungary; M.M.Kovács Migration and Transnational Citizenship in Latin America: The Cases of Mexico and the Dominican Republic; J.Itzigsohn Varying Views in Democracy, Rights and Duties, and Membership: The Politics of Dual Citizenship in European Immigration States; J.Gerdes & T.Faist PART THREE: POSTNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CITIZENSHIP Much Ado about Nothing? The Contours of Dual Citizenship in the United States and Canada; I.Bloemraad Dual Citizenship: A Postnational View; P.Spiro Dual Citizenship among Hong Kong-Canadians: Convenience or Commitment?; V.Preston, M.Siemiatycki & A.Kobayashi PART FOUR: CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY BEYOND BORDERS Dual Citizenship, European Identity and Community-Building in Europe; W.Skrobacki Twilight of Sovereignty or the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Norms? Rethinking Citizenship in Volatile Times; S.Benhabib Conclusion: The Boundaries of Citizenship in a Transitional Age; P.Kivisto