Citizenship, Identity, and Immigration in the European Union: Between Past and FutureEuropean citizenship, identity and immigration are constitutive issues facing the European polity and have important consequences for domestic political systems. This study, of citizenship within the setting of the nation-state and comparative immigration policies, concentrates on their theorization in a post-national, post-statist context, such as the EU, and on alternative European institutional designs. By blending normative political theory with European integration, this volume develops an original theoretical framework for European Union citizenship, identity and immigration as well as a set of policy proposals for institutional reform. Challenging the conventionally held views in these areas, the author argues that a constructive model of European citizenship and identity is vital to the construction of a democratic, heterogeneous and inclusive European polity. The book shouldappeal to academics and political actors concerned with issues of European governance as well as to undergraduate and postgraduate students of European politics, European integration, European Union Law, political theory and sociology. |
Contents
Eight themes for a political theory of European integration | 5 |
European identity | 14 |
The institutional construction of European identity | 39 |
The TEU provisions on citizenship and the broader context | 55 |
Justice and home affairs cooperation | 59 |
New horizons old constraints and the Amsterdam compromise | 69 |
In search of a theory of European citizenship | 84 |
New schemas of citizenship beyond the nationstate | 94 |
Constructive citizenship in the European Union | 101 |
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