The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe

235 Pages·2020·3.453 MB·English

by  Nora Siklodi

POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP AND MIGRATION
The Politics of
Mobile Citizenship
in Europe
Nora Siklodi
Politics of Citizenship and Migration
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Department of Political Science
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Nora Siklodi
The Politics of Mobile
Citizenship in Europe
Nora Siklodi
Politics and International Relations
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Visiting Fellow in Democracy and Citizenship in Education
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
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Politics of Citizenship and Migration
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Acknowledgements
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the students who partic-
ipated in the focus groups in Stockholm and London. Their relentless
enthusiasm despite the, at times, bumpy debates painted a vivid portrait
of mobile citizenship—a source of immense inspiration for my work then
and now.
Mysincereappreciationgoestofriendsandcolleagues—Ifeelfortunate
to call the people listed below as both—without whom this book would
not have happened. Be it because they provided me with help, construc-
tive feedback or a listening ear at the different stages of the research and
writing progress. In particular, I would like to take this opportunity to
thank Nicholas Allen, Angela Crack, James Dennis, Mark Field, Robert
Frith, Carine Germond, Wolfram Kaiser, Karen Heard-Laureote, Claudia
Lueders, John Oates, Olivia Rutazibwa, Susana Sampaio-Dias, Anke SF,
James Sloam, Aleksandra Sojka, Trond Solhaug and Annabel Tremlett.
The research phase for this book was funded by a Ph.D. studentship
from Royal Holloway, University of London, and parts of it were hosted
by Stockholm University. The writing phase was supported by the Jean
MonnetCentreofExcellence(CESTE2)attheUniversityofPortsmouth
and the Democracy and Citizenship in Education (DACED) research
group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
I am grateful to the series editors, Willem Maas and Justin Gest, the
reviewers and colleagues at Palgrave, Anca Pusca, Kumaravel Senbagaraj
and Katelyn Zigg, for their support with this book project.
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Last but not least, I would like to thank my non-academic circle of
family and friends for their support and extraordinary patience. Thank
you.
Contents
1 Introduction: The Politics of Contemporary
Citizenship: What’s Going On? 1
2 Citizenship, Free Movement and the EU 27
3 A Snapshot of Mobile Citizenship in the EU 73
4 Community Building Processes and EU Mobility 91
5 National Citizenship in a Mobile Europe: They Are
Changing! 119
6 EU Citizenship and Mobility: A Less Than Perfect
Partnership 153
7 Conclusion: Where Is Mobile Citizenship
in Europe—And Elsewhere—Heading? 191
Appendix: Research Methods Notes 209
Index 223
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List of Figures
Fig. 3.1 Attitudes towards migrant groups in Sweden, the UK and
the EU-28 in 2018 78
Fig. 3.2 Mobile/stayer senses of European citizenship 80
Fig. 3.3 Mobile/stayer attitudes towards EU mobiles 80
Fig. 3.4 Mobile/stayer attitudes towards TCNs 81
Fig. 3.5 Mobile/stayer familiarity with EU rights 82
Fig. 3.6 Mobile/stayer views on ‘voice counts’ in politics 83
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List of Tables
Table 1.1 Intra-EU mobility per host country (2003–2018) 3
Table 2.1 Analytical framework to studying contemporary
citizenship 50
Table 3.1 Senses of national and European citizenship in the EU,
Sweden and the UK (2015–2018) 76
Table 3.2 Determinants of senses of European citizenship in 2018:
Binary logistic regression 85
Table 4.1 Categories of active/passive national and EU citizens
today 114
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