Acquisition and Loss of Nationality|Volume 1: Comparative Analyses, Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries, Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries

Year

2006

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-05356-920-7

Link

Last Update

30-Mar-2026

Keywords

Sociology

Description

Nationality or citizenship has been called upon to be all things to all people: civil rights, political participation, social welfare, identity and recognition, the common good and the consciousness of community (Liebich 1995: 27). Formally, nationality is defined as the legal bond between a person and a state. It is a guiding principle of international law that it is for each state to determine under its own law who are its nationals. However, with the development of human rights since the Second World War, the trend has been towards recognition of the right to a nationality as a human right...