Switzerland could well have the most peculiar naturalisation system in the world. Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated by the central state, each municipality of Switzerland has the right to decide who can become a national citizen. By transcending formal citizenship models, the Swiss case thus casts citizenship politics in an entirely new light. This dissertation explores naturalisation processes from a comparative perspective, explaining why some Swiss municipalities pursue more restrictive citizenship policies than others. Through quantitative and qualitative data, this study shows how negotiation processes between political actors produce a large variety of local citizenship models. Integrating Bourdieu’s polit...
This article traces the development of the federal structure of Swiss citizenship between the foundi...
We study discrimination against immigrants using microlevel data from Switzerland, where, until rece...
In 2014, the Federal Assembly adopted the new Swiss Citizenship Act, which will enter into force on ...
Switzerland could well have the most peculiar naturalisation system in the world. Whereas in most co...
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most count...
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most count...
Abstract: Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated at the cen-tral level of th...
In the Swiss federal context, the acquisition of citizenship through ordinary naturalization, the en...
Immigration is a long-simmering issue in every western democracy, and one of the most controversial ...
In this article, we analyse and discuss the legal criteria granting access to facilitated naturalisa...
Naturalization policies prescribe the conditions immigrants must fulfil to be legally recognized as ...
Naturalization is an important phenomenon for countries, not only because of its implications (it gr...
In recent decades we have seen a dramatic rise of dual citizenship; many states are now officially a...
This project is a prolongation of our research project on political attitudes and behaviour of dual ...
Zwitserland heeft waarschijnlijk het meest uitzonderlijke naturalisatiesysteem ter wereld: staatsbur...
This article traces the development of the federal structure of Swiss citizenship between the foundi...
We study discrimination against immigrants using microlevel data from Switzerland, where, until rece...
In 2014, the Federal Assembly adopted the new Swiss Citizenship Act, which will enter into force on ...
Switzerland could well have the most peculiar naturalisation system in the world. Whereas in most co...
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most count...
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most count...
Abstract: Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated at the cen-tral level of th...
In the Swiss federal context, the acquisition of citizenship through ordinary naturalization, the en...
Immigration is a long-simmering issue in every western democracy, and one of the most controversial ...
In this article, we analyse and discuss the legal criteria granting access to facilitated naturalisa...
Naturalization policies prescribe the conditions immigrants must fulfil to be legally recognized as ...
Naturalization is an important phenomenon for countries, not only because of its implications (it gr...
In recent decades we have seen a dramatic rise of dual citizenship; many states are now officially a...
This project is a prolongation of our research project on political attitudes and behaviour of dual ...
Zwitserland heeft waarschijnlijk het meest uitzonderlijke naturalisatiesysteem ter wereld: staatsbur...
This article traces the development of the federal structure of Swiss citizenship between the foundi...
We study discrimination against immigrants using microlevel data from Switzerland, where, until rece...
In 2014, the Federal Assembly adopted the new Swiss Citizenship Act, which will enter into force on ...