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DUAL CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALISATION Gesamt-PDF. Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse|Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation|
No full textTitelei. Mitteilungen der Prähistorischen Kommission|Die neolithische Tellsiedlung in Gălăbnik Mitteilungen der Prähistorischen Kommission Band 91|
No full text„… zur Ehre des Höchsten Hofes und Aufnahme der Wissenschaften“. Publikumsbesuch und Wissenschaftspflege in den drei kaiserlichen Kabinetten in Wien (1765–1790). Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Kunstgeschichte|Schöne Wissenschaften Veröffentlichungen zur Kunstgeschichte 20|
No full textThe Danish Turn Towards Dual Citizenship. Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse|Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation|
No full textThis chapter gives an account of the Danish turn towards dual citizenship, which began after the start of the new millennium and ended in December 2014 with the adoption of an act on dual-citizenship acceptance that entered into force on 01 September 2015. The chapter examines the Danish path towards dual citizenship from a legal and political perspective and argues that the idea of dual-citizenship acceptance matured gradually in the context of international and Nordic interdependence. Thus, the Danish approach resembles that of most other countries. I argue that the Danish slowness in terms of dual-citizenship acceptance is not a reflection of a Danish particularity but, rather, reflects an extraordinary political constellation in the Danish parliament during the first decade of the new millennium. Hereby, I dissociate myself from claims in the comparative literature that the opportunity to strip Danish dual citizens of their Danish citizenship was a key argument for Denmark’s turn towards dual citizenship
(Dual) Citizenship and National Identity in a Globalised World: Sociological Perspectives. Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse|Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation|
No full textThis paper starts from the concept of identity to develop some hypotheses about the attitudes of people toward national identity and citizenship. It is proposed that there are two factors which determine these attitudes: an evaluative-normative component related to the symbolic value of citizenship and a strategic orientation which considers the advantages connected with a particular passport. Empirical findings from the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) on National Identity and Citizenship are presented. It is shown that citizenship is a very important component of national identity in the eyes of the public and migrants usually exhibit a dual identity toward their countries of origin and destination. The surprisingly low naturalisation rates among immigrants in Western societies are also explained by two general factors: people do not want to lose their original national attachments; however, they also consider the instrumental advantages from acquiring the citizenship of the new country. Two further issues are discussed: the need for well-functioning democracies to have active citizens and the obligations connected with citizenship – of which these three are the most relevant: taking part in voting, paying taxes and, for men, performing military service. In the concluding section, the chapter points to the need to facilitate naturalisation, extend options of dual citizenship and improve the situation of denizens. Citizenship is a topic investigated mainly by scholars of public law and political scientists (Bauböck 1994; Hammar 1990; Spiro 2016). A number of sociologists have also contributed to this discussion (Brubaker 1992, 2010; Joppke 2010; Soysal 1994). In fact, sociology can contribute not only to the social aspects of citizenship but also to the discussion of the emergence and social impact of legal principles. At least since the writings of the Austrian legal scholar Eugen Ehrlich (1862–1922), we know that the legal reality of a community cannot be captured by looking only at formal written law because it also includes local and regional norms and customs and has a cultural and political character (Cotterell 1992; Ehrlich 1989 [1913]; Rehbinder 2014). In this chapter, I discuss three issues: first, the relevance of citizenship for personal, social and political identity in the modern world; second, some empirical data on the relevance and meaning of citizenship, as people in about 40 countries from all continents see it; and, third, three additional aspects of citizenship relevant from a sociological perspective. In the conclusions, the findings are summarised and some normative conclusions drawn concerning the policies of naturalisation and the issue of dual citizenship
The Potential for Naturalisation in Austria: A Statistical Approximation . Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse|Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation|
No full textNaturalisation in Austria, as in most countries, is bound by certain conditions. Among others these entail an uninterrupted stay in the country for at least ten years (in special circumstances, only six years are required). Information from the Central Residence Register processed in the population statistics of Statistics Austria allows for an estimation of how many people currently living in Austria would fulfil this specific condition and therefore potentially qualify for naturalisation. The chapter presents the results of these estimations, disaggregated by citizenship, age and region of residence. EU/EFTA citizens in Austria have little propensity for naturalisation. Among non-EU/EFTA citizens, the propensity for naturalisation was higher and increasing over time. The naturalisation of all non-EU/EFTA citizens with ten years or more of residence in Austria would reduce the share of foreign citizens there from 16.7 to 13 per cent. This would roughly offset the increase in the foreign population in Austria in the last five years. The naturalisation of eligible EU/EFTA citizens would further reduce the foreigners’ share in the population to 10 per cent. If persons with a residence period of between six and ten years were also all naturalised, the percentage of foreigners would drop even further to 7.5 per cent, less than half the actual share recorded on 01 January 2020. At a regional level, Vienna has the highest potential for naturalisation, followed by Vorarlberg and Salzburg, if only non-EU/EFTA citizens residing there for ten years or more are counted
