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May 2002

Citizenship Policies for an Age of Migration

By  T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer
Immigrant Integration
Citizenship & Civic Engagement
Immigration Policy & Law
Civil Liberties
Integration Policy
Legalization/Regularization
ISBN 
0-87003-187-2
Price - Paperback 
$16.95
Page Length 
120
Publisher 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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In countries that experience large influxes of immigrants, citizenship laws can offer an effective tool for promoting inclusion and integration. Citizenship policies in modern, liberal democracies, however, should be aligned with fundamental norms of fairness and justice that are central to the liberal-democratic ideal. This book offers a set of detailed policy proposals on four aspects of citizenship policy: access to citizenship, managing dual nationality, political integration, and social and economic rights. In addition, it provides policymakers with a set of concrete recommendations on how to effectively structure national citizenship laws.

The policy conclusions drawn throughout this book offer insight into how citizenship policy can be used to foster inclusion and integration of immigrants. Specifically, the book recommends that states: adopt broader birthright citizenship policies that ensure citizenship for second- and third-generation immigrants; develop clear, limited, precise, and objective naturalization requirements; create policies aimed to manage, not prevent dual nationality; promote political integration as a key component of citizenship policy; and not use citizenship as a tool to ration welfare benefits.

Table of Contents 

Introduction

Access to Citizenship

Managing Dual Nationality

Citizenship Policies and Political Integration

Social Rights and Citizenship

Media Resources

Experts 

Demetrios G. Papademetriou, who co-founded MPI and founded MPI Europe, is a Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow at MPI. Full Bio >

Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, directs MPI's U.S. immigration policy work. Full Bio >

Contact 

Michelle Mittelstadt
202-266-1910
[email protected]

Links 

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