1st Edition
Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood Naturalisations in Swiss Municipalities
By Marc Helbling
Copyright 2008
212 Pages
by
Routledge
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated at the central level of the state, in Switzerland each municipality is accorded the right to decide who can become a Swiss citizen. This book aims at exploring naturalization processes from a comparative perspective and to explain why some municipalities... Read more
1. Politics of Citizenship, 2. From Citizenship to National Self-Understanding, 3. Nation as a Political Field, 4. Explaining Rejection Rates, 5. Comparing Local Citizenship Models, 6. Four Naturalisation Fields, 7. Local Social Influence Networks, 8. Contingent Citizenship Politics, Notes, Annex: Questionnaire for Interviews with Local Politicians, References.
Biography
Marc Helbling is lecturer at the Department of political science, University of Zurich.
