Super-foreigners and Sub-citizens: Mapping Ethno-national Hierarchies of Foreignness and Citizenship in Europe

Dumbravă, Costică

doi:10.1080/17449057.2014.994883

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“…In the late 1980s when the forces of the future democratic parties were taking shape, the issue became salient again, due especially to concerns with regard to Hungarians in Romania. 17 The story of how this terrain was mirrored in the nationality legislation of post-1990 Hungary can be told in two waves of virtual consensus, with intermittent phases of harsh divisions. Supporting Hungarians living in the neighboring countries has been a consensual approach, but the policy proposals behind varied, from a liberal endorsement of 'citizenship to all those who self-identify as Hungarian (and their families)' 18 to a moderate nationalist opposition to external ethnic citizenship as detrimental to Hungarian interests in the region.…”

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“…The new law sought primarily to counter the melting of these communities and support members to make sure they stay where they live. 21 The corresponding and symbolically important Hungarian card 22 was specifically presented as an alternative to dual citizenship, with prominent government 17 For an overview of the developments in the socialist era, see [1: 91-100]. 18 See the programme of the now-defunct left-wing liberal party for the regime change, written by a prominent Hungarian philosopher from Transylvania, G. M. Tamás: [62: para.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is the more encompassing terminology of the GLOBALCIT database of citizenship acquisition[67] 16. For a wide overview of 'ethno-national preferences' in citizenship policies, see[17]; and his book[16].…”

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Nation, Nationality, and National Identity: Uses, Misuses, and the Hungarian Case of External Ethnic Citizenship

Körtvélyesi

2020

Int J Semiot Law

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The article looks at the changing terrain of inclusion and exclusion, through mapping the shifts in Hungarian citizenship law and its political context. More specifically, it deals with the legal aspects of the definitional exercise of belonging to the Hungarian nation, starting with an analysis of the relevant provisions of the 2011 Fundamental Law of Hungary and moving on to assess the phenomenon of external ethnic citizenship. The surrounding political and legal debates are read together with insights from normative scholarship to trace the changing meaning of who belongs to the nation, in what sense and with what practical consequences. The paper discusses the political context of the changing constitutional and citizenship rules to demonstrate the circularity in defining the nation: who gets to vote will have an impact on who decides on who gets to vote which in turn will have an impact on who gets to vote, how, and for how long. The article concludes that supplanting the political nation with the ethno-cultural concept means that overinclusion has given way to underinclusion. For instance, some who used to be defined as part of the ethno-cultural nation have come to be viewed as voluntary outsiders: with the availability of non-residential naturalization, those who opted not to acquire Hungarian citizens can now be seen as also falling outside the nation, rewriting basic tenets of national identity.

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Nation, Nationality, and National Identity: Uses, Misuses, and the Hungarian Case of External Ethnic Citizenship

Körtvélyesi

2020

Int J Semiot Law

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“…Although the overwhelming majority of external voters sustained Klaus Iohanis, an ethnic German, in a bid to overthrow what seemed a deeply corrupt political establishment (Stavilă 2014), the majority of votes cast in the Republic of Moldova (in the first tour of elections) supported his opponent, Victor Ponta. Ponta claimed, on many occasions, that 'the provision of the Romanian citizenship to Moldova residents is our historic duty' (quoted in Dumbrava 2015).…”

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Reproducing the nation: reproduction, citizenship and ethno-demographic survival in post-communist Romania

Dumbravă

2016

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The steady decline of fertility rates in Europe raises a number of important questions about the demographic and cultural reproduction of national societies. Apart from being confronted with population shrinkage and ageing, most European societies are also becoming more diverse. Demographic changes tend to exacerbate nationalist anxieties about the physical and cultural survival of the nation. This article develops the concept of national reproduction regime in order to analyse strategies and interventions at the biological, formal, and ethno-cultural levels of reproduction through which states seek to ensure the physical and cultural reproduction of the nation. It outlines the national reproduction regime of post-communist Romania by way of mapping and discussing key policies on biological and formal reproduction, as well as public discourses that frame these policies.

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“…In this regard, the case I present reveals mechanisms that work in the opposite direction, binding citizenship to nationality. The other level is that of the eventual expansion of ethno-nationalist or racialized conceptions of nationality (Bauböck et al 2006;Dumbrava 2015a). By fostering a certain concept of nationality, the policies I analyse reaffirm the bonds of blood and descent.…”

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Blood ties: migrations, state transnationalism and automatic nationality

Caggiano

2017

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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I propose contributing to the general understanding of the intricate relationship between nationality, citizenship and international migrations, focusing on the linkage or reincorporation policies of migrant-sending countries. Specifically, I will analyse a key change to the system for allocating Bolivian nationality by the Plurinational State of Bolivia and related measures during the presidency of Evo Morales, that is, the introduction of automatic jus sanguinis to maintain ties with emigrants. The automatic application of jus sanguinis abroad has theoretical implications on two different levels. One is the relationship between nationality and citizenship, specifically, that of the possible emancipation of citizenship from nationality. In this regard, the case I present reveals mechanisms that work in the opposite direction, binding citizenship to nationality. The second level is that of the potential expansion of ethno-nationalist or racialized conceptions of nationality.

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Super-foreigners and Sub-citizens: Mapping Ethno-national Hierarchies of Foreignness and Citizenship in Europe

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Nation, Nationality, and National Identity: Uses, Misuses, and the Hungarian Case of External Ethnic Citizenship

Nation, Nationality, and National Identity: Uses, Misuses, and the Hungarian Case of External Ethnic Citizenship

Reproducing the nation: reproduction, citizenship and ethno-demographic survival in post-communist Romania

Blood ties: migrations, state transnationalism and automatic nationality

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