Citizenship Policies in the New Europe (Paperback)

Preface Introduction: Altneulander or the vicissitudes of citizenship in the new EU states 1 New states and old concerns, or why there is not much plural citizenship in the Altneulander 2 Old categories and new principles, or how ethnicity has trumped other grounds of citizenship 3 Old wrongs and new rights, or how to use citizenship to correct history 4 Conclusion: The historical past, the ethnic present and the immigrant future Annex: Constitutional preambles (extracts) PART I RESTORED STATES 1 Estonian citizenship: Between ethnic preferences and democratic obligations 2 Checks and balances in Latvian nationality policies: National agendas and international frameworks 3 Lithuanian nationality: Trump card to independence and its current challenges PART II STATES WITH HISTORIES OF SHIFTING BORDERS 4 Same letter, new spirit: Nationality regulations and their implementation in Poland 5 Kin-state responsibility and ethnic citizenship: The Hungarian case 6 Politics of citizenship in post-communist Romania: Legal traditions, restitution of nationality and multiple memberships 6 CITIZENSHIP POLICIES IN THE NEW EUROPE 7 The politics of Bulgarian citizenship: National identity, democracy and other uses PART III POST-PARTITION STATES 8 Czech citizenship legislation between past and future 9 The Slovak question and the Slovak answer: Citizenship during the quest for national self-determination and after 10 From civic to ethnic community? The evolution of Slovenian citizenship 11 Croatian citizenship: From ethnic engineering to inclusiveness PART IV MEDITERRANEAN POST-IMPERIAL STATES 12 Malta’s citizenship law: Evolution and current regime 13 Nationality and citizenship in Cyprus since 1945: Communal citizenship, gendered nationality and the adventures of a post-colonial subject in a divided country 14 Changing conceptions of citizenship in Turkey 8 CITIZENSHIP POLICIES IN THE NEW EUROPE ‘A call to kinship’? Citizenship and migration in the new Member States and the accession countries of the EU 1 Excluding long-term residents and their descendants: Initial determination of citizenship in Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia and Croatia 2 Reaching out to emigrants and expatriates: Restitution laws, dual nationality and status laws 3 Excluding recent immigrants: Naturalisation requirements 4 Conclusions, List of contributors.