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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464671803321

Autore

Hirsch Ballin E. M. H

Titolo

Citizens' rights and the right to be a citizen / / by Ernst Hirsch Ballin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill Nijhoff, , 2014

ISBN

90-04-22320-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Developments in international law, , 0924-5332 ; ; volume 66

Disciplina

323.6

Soggetti

Citizenship

Constitutional law

Human rights

Civil rights

Emigration and immigration law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Cities and Citizens -- Citizenship and Migration -- Redefining Citizenship -- The Human Right to Be a Citizen -- Epilogue: Reciprocal Recognition and Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Ernst Hirsch Ballin discusses the significance of citizens’ rights against the backdrop of ongoing migration and urbanization in the beginning of the 21st century. The traditional view that each state has the sovereign power to give or withhold citizenship, puts the full enjoyment of human rights at risk whenever exclusion is based on differences in nationality. Citizens’ rights are the essential connecting link between human rights and life in a democratic society. Citizens have an individual right, as a citizen, to take part in the democratic process and in the structures of solidarity of the state where they are effectively at home. By recognizing everyone’s right to the citizenship of the state in which they can make these rights a reality, citizens’ rights can bridge the gap between the universality of human rights and the changing political and social settings of people’s lives. Limits on dual citizenship are counterproductive, European citizenship paves the way for transnational citizenship. "Hirsch Ballin's book is very important for



academics and practitioners in the field of citizenship. It embraces the complexity of citizenship with all its academic, practical and emotional meanings. Hopefully, Hirsch Ballin's work can serve as a compass for new directions in immigration and naturalisation debates." Katja Swider in: Journal of European Integration, Vol 38. nr. 4, 2016