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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book examines a stringent problem of current migration societies—whether or not to extend citizenship to resident migrants. Undocumented migration has been an active issue for many decades in the USA, and became a central concern in Europe following the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
In this innovative study based on the basic principles of transnational citizenship law and the naturalization pattern around the world, Matias purports that it is possible to determine that no citizen in waiting should be permanently excluded from citizenship. Such a proposition not only imposes a positive duty overriding an important dimension of sovereignty but it also gives rise to a discussion about undocumented migration. With its transnational law focus, and cases from public international law courts, European courts and national courts, Citizenship as a Human Right: The Fundamental Right to a Specific Citizenship may be applied to virtually anywhere in the world.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gonçalo Matias is the Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the Catolica School of Law where he obtained a PhD in law. He lectures on public law and published several articles and books on international migration and citizenship law. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Georgetown University Law Centre. He was Director at the Migration’s Observatory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Citizenship as a Human Right
Book Subtitle: The Fundamental Right to a Specific Citizenship
Authors: Gonçalo Matias
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59384-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59383-2Published: 07 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95524-4Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59384-9Published: 30 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 272
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, International Relations, Political Science