1st Edition

Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict Challenging the Nation-State

Edited By Haldun Gülalp Copyright 2006
168 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Making a new case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions. In a combination of case studies from Europe and the Middle East, this book’s comparative framework... Read more

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Ch.1. Haldun Gülalp, "Introduction: Citizenship vs. Nationality?"

Ch.2. Riva Kastoryano, "Redefining German Unity: From Nationality to Citizenship"

Ch.3. Effie Fokas, "Greece: Religion, Nation, and Membership in the European Union"

Ch.4. Soner Cagaptay, "Passage to Turkishness: Immigration and Religion in Modern Turkey"

Ch.5. Alain Dieckhoff, "The Nation in Israel: Between Democracy and Ethnicity"

Ch.6. Maurus Reinkowski and Sofia Saadeh, "A Nation Divided: Lebanese Confessionalism"

Ch.7. Sami Zubaida, "The Rise and Fall of Civil Society in Iraq"

Ch.8. Haldun Gülalp, "Concluding Thoughts: Transcending the Nation-State?"

Bibliography

Biography

Haldun Gülalp is Professor of Political Sociology at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.