From Migrants to Citizens

by Aleinihoff, Alexander T.; Klusmeyer, Douglas; Aleinikoff, Thomas Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780870031595
• ISBN10: 0870031597
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace

Summary

This book investigates immigration and citizenship in Australia, the Baltic States, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United States. The authors scrutinize the concrete rules and policies by which states administer citizenship, and highlights similarities and differences in their policies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jessica T. Mathews
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(24)
Douglas Klusmeyer
Part One. Citizenship in Countries of Immigration
Introduction	25	(7)
David A. Martin
Citizenship and Immigration in Australia	32	(50)
Gianni Zappala
Stephen Castles
The Dilemmas of Canadian Citizenship Law	82	(37)
Donald Galloway
Between Principles and Politics: U.S. Citizenship Policy	119	(56)
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
Part Two. Citizenship in the Aftermath of Major Political Transformations
Introduction	175	(3)
Kathleen Newland
Migration and Admittance to Citizenship in Russia	178	(43)
George Ginsburgs
Post-Aparheid Citizenship in South Africa	221	(32)
Jonathan Klaaren
Understanding Citizenship Policy in the Baltic States	253	(52)
Lowell W. Barrington
Part Three. Dual and Supranational Citizenship: Limits to Transnationalism
Introduction	305	(7)
Rainer Baubock
Nationality in Mexico	312	(30)
Manuel Becerra Ramirez
Citizenship of the European Union	342	(41)
Marco Martiniello
Part Four. Ethnic Republics? Citizenship in Israel and Japan
Introduction	383	(3)
Aristide R. Zolberg
Citizenship and Membership in the Israeli Polity	386	(48)
Ayelet Shachar
Citizenship in Japan: Legal Practice and Contemporary Development	434	(41)
Chikako Kashiwazaki
Conclusion
Managing Membership: New Trends in Citizenship and Nationality Policy	475	(26)
Miriam Feldblum
About the Authors	501	(4)
Index	505	(10)
About the Carnegie Endowment	515