Limits of European Citizenship: European Integration and Domestic Immigration Policies (Migration, Minorities and Citizenship)

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. Maaten Vink explores change and resilience of citizenship under pressure from European integration. To assess the meaning of national and European citizenship the book analyses 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. In contrast with sociological and political studies arguing that national citizenship is being ever more hollowed out by an ongoing process of European integration, this book demonstrates the resilience of national citizenship the thereby also the unsettled nature of European citizenship Cover; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Limits of citizenship?; 1.2 Citizenship and immigration; 1.3 Mechanisms of domestic change; 1.4 Europeanization and European integration; 1.5 The case of the Netherlands; 1.6 Outline of the book; 2 Citizenship; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A contingently contested concept; 2.3 Membership and rights; 2.4 Urban citizenship; 2.5 National citizenship; 2.6 Post-national citizenship; 2.7 Conclusion; 3 European Citizenship; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A 'People's Europe'? Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-23 Citizenship....Pages 24-41 European Citizenship....Pages 42-65 Immigration and European Integration....Pages 66-89 Asylum....Pages 90-115 Resident Status....Pages 116-138 Nationality....Pages 139-157 The Outlook for European Citizenship....Pages 158-169 Back Matter....Pages 170-209 Britain is now permanently a multi-racial and multi-cultural society, with a race relations legislative framework. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the contribution made by this legislation to the development of British race relations This text presents a comparative analysis of residential, social, economic and political rights for aliens. It covers research on Japan as well as on the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America