Acquisition and Loss of Nationality|Volume 1: Comparative Analyses

|Rainer Baub�ck is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, Florence. Previous publications: Transnational Citizenship (1994), From Aliens to citizens (1994), The Challenge of Diversity (1996), Blurred Boundaries (1998), Migration and Citizenship (2006).|Kees Groenendijk is professor of Sociology of Law at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Previous publications: The Legal Status of Third Country Nationals who are Long Term Residents in a Member State of the European Union (2001), In Search of Europe's Borders (2003), Report on the Free Movement of Workers in the Netherlands in 2004 (2005).|Eva Ersb�ll is researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen. Her book on Danish nationality in a historical and international perspective will be published in 2007.|Harald Waldrauch was previously a researcher at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna. He now works for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Previous publications: Die Integration von Einwanderern (2001), MigrantInnenorganisationen in der Gro�stadt (2004).

Table of Contents[-]Tables[-]Preface[-]Introduction[-]1 Nationality and citizenship in Europe: a common concern for all Member States[-]2 Terminology and research design[-]3 Main Trends[-]4 Main recommendations[-]1 Nationality in public international law and european law[-]2 Methodology for comparing acquisition and loss of nationality[-]3 Acquisition of nationality[-]4 Loss of nationality[-]5 Administrative practices in the acquisition of nationality[-]Annex: List of NGOs[-]6 Statistics on acquisition and loss of nationality[-]7 European trends in nationality law[-]8 Rights of expatriates, multiple citizens and restricted citizenship for certain nationals[-]9 The legal integration of potential citizens: Denizens in the EU in the final years before the implementation of the 2003 Directive on long-term resident third country nationals[-]10 The status of quasi-citizenship in EU member states: Why some states have 'almost-citizens'[-]11 Evaluation and recommendations[-]Appendix: glossary[-]List of contributors[-]Bibliography[-]INTRODUCTION - 16[-]Nationality in public international law andeuropean law - 36[-]Methodology for comparing acquisition andloss of nationality1 - 106[-]Acquisition of nationality - 122[-]Loss of nationality1 - 184[-]Administrative practices in the acquisition ofnationality1 - 222[-]Statistics on acquisition and loss of nationality - 270[-]European trends in nationality law - 318[-]Rights of expatriates, multiple citizens andrestricted citizenship for certain nationals - 360[-]The legal integration of potential citizens:Denizens in the EU in the final years before theimplementation of the 2003 Directive on long-termresident third country nationals1 - 386[-]The status of quasi-citizenship in EU memberstates: Why some states have 'almost-citizens'1 - 412[-]Evaluation and recommendations - 432[-]Table of Contents - 506[-]Tables - 510[-]Preface - 512[-]1 Austria - 520[-]2 Belgium - 564[-]3 Denmark - 606[-]4 Finland - 650[-]5 France - 688[-]6 Germany - 714[-]7 Greece - 754[-]8 Ireland - 790[-]9 Italy - 830[-]10 Luxembourg - 868[-]11 Netherlands - 892[-]12 Portugal - 936[-]13 Spain - 978[-]14 Sweden - 1018[-]15 United Kingdom - 1052[-]List of contributors - 1088[-][-]