Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: ‘Border Crossings’ — The Dimensions of Membership

   • Phillip Cole

   Pages 1-23

3. On Membership and Free Movement

   • Tiziana Torresi

   Pages 24-37

4. The American Fence: Liberal Political Theory and the Immorality of Membership

   • Phillip Cole

   Pages 38-51

5. Resident Aliens, Non-resident Citizens and Voting Rights: Towards a Pluralist Theory of Transnational Political Equality and Modes of Political Belonging

   • David Owen

   Pages 52-73

6. Becoming Citizens: Naturalization in the Liberal State

   • James Hampshire

   Pages 74-90

7. Republican Requirements for Access to Citizenship

   • Iseult Honohan

   Pages 91-104

8. Linguistic Competence and Citizenship Acquisition

   • Andrew Shorten

   Pages 105-122

9. What Is ‘Britishness’, and Is It Important?

   • Rosemary Sales

   Pages 123-140

10. Introducing the Majority to Ethnicity: Do They Like What They See?

    • Steve Fenton, Robin Mann

    Pages 141-155

11. Conclusion: Practice and Policy

    • Gideon Calder, Jonathan Seglow

    Pages 156-167

12. Back Matter

    Pages 168-184

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What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? Is it justified to restrict membership of a society, and if so, on what grounds? This book explores a series of pressing, controversial issues surrounding the acquisition of citizenship, in theory and practice.

• belonging
• migration
• Nation
• Policy
• political theory
• Transnational

• University of Wales, Newport, UK

  Gideon Calder, Phillip Cole

• Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

  Jonathan Seglow

GIDEON CALDER is Reader in Ethics and Social Philosophy at the University of Wales, Newport, UK PHILLIP COLE is Associate Dean in the School of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Wales, Newport, UK STEVE FENTON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK JAMES HAMPSHIRE is Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex, UK ISEULT HONOHAN is Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, UK ROBIN MANN is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, UK DAVID OWEN is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK ROSEMARY SALES is Professor of Social Policy at Middlesex University, UK JONATHAN SEGLOW is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ANDREW SHORTEN is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, UK TIZIANA TORRESI is a member of St Antony's College and the Department of Politics and International Relations, at the University of Oxford, UK

Policies and ethics