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Author Helbling, Marc.

Title Practising citizenship and heterogeneous nationhood : naturalisations in Swiss municipalities / Marc Helbling.

Publication Info. [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series IMISCOE dissertations
IMISCOE dissertations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211).
Contents Politics of Citizenship -- From Citizenship to National Self-Understanding -- Nation as a Political Field -- Explaining Rejection Rates -- Comparing Local Citizenship Models -- Four Naturalisation Fields -- Local Social Influence Networks -- Contingent Citizenship Politics -- Notes -- Annex: Questionnaire for Interviews with Local Politicians.
Summary "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 pursue more restrictive citizenship policies than others. The Swiss case provides a unique opportunity to approach citizenship politics from new perspectives. It allows us to go beyond formal citizenship models and to account for the practice of citizenship. The analytical framework combines quantitative and qualitative data and helps us understand how negotiation processes between political actors lead to a large variety of local citizenship models. An innovative theoretical framework, integrating Bourdieu's political sociology, combines symbolic and material aspects of naturalizations and underlines the production processes of ethnicity"--Publisher's description.
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Subject Citizenship -- Switzerland.
Citizenship.
Switzerland.
Naturalization -- Switzerland.
Naturalization.
Indexed Term Public administration
Political science
Sociology
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Naturalisations in Swiss municipalities
Naturalizations in Swiss municipalities
Practicing citizenship and heterogeneous nationhood
Other Form: Print version: Helbling, Marc. Practising citizenship and heterogeneous nationhood. [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2008 9789089640345 9089640347 (OCoLC)244227779
ISBN 9789048506521 (electronic book)
9048506522 (electronic book)
9089640347 (Paper)
9789089640345 (Paper)