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Book SynopsisKälin and Kochenov’s Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the objective value of all nationalities as legal statuses of attachment to states. Using a wide variety of strictly quantifiable data to gauge the opportunities presented and limitations imposed by nationalities on their holders, the QNI provides a comprehensive ranking of the intrinsic quality of each citizenship status in the world. Both the internal value (economic opportunities, human development and peace and stability) and the external value (including the number and quality of visa-free travel and, crucially, settlement destinations) of all the nationalities in the world are measured, only to reveal the reality that the quality of nationalities is not correlated with the prestige of the issuing states. Beautifully produced, richly illustrated and accompanied by insightful expert commentary, the QNI is the seminal reference for the citizenship aficionados. It is also an invaluable tool to illustrate the huge discrepancies in the value of the nationalities of the world: showcasing first-hand the unequal distribution of rights and opportunities which different nationalities bring to their holders. The full QNI dataset on which this work is based is available in open access on Mendeley.
Trade ReviewMany of us enjoy a ranking ... as I delved I felt there was a little more to it. -- Michael Skapinker * The Financial Times *
The index they created measures each country on the rights its citizens have, such as the ability to settle freely in other countries with the passport they hold. -- Alex Ledsom * Forbes *
A new ranking of every country's citizenship * The Economist *
Table of ContentsWhat is the QNI? The Creators’ Preface Ranking Nationalities, Not States How Does It Work? The QNI in a Nutshell The Creators, Editors, and Authors of the QNI List of Contributors Part 1 Laying Down the Base
By Dimitry Kochenov and Justin Lindeboom 1 The QNI’s Task: Demystifying Citizenship through Clear Data 2 What Is Citizenship or Nationality? 3 Who Decides Who Is a National? 4 How to Decide Who Is a National 5 Nationalities Are Not Equal 6 A Country’s Power and Citizenship Quality: The Lack of Correlation 7 Each Nationality Is Global: The Rise of Intercitizenships Part 2 Methodology 8 Deploying a Clear Methodology to Tell a New Citizenship Story 9 Nationalities Included in the QNI ‘Non-Citizens’ of Latvia Israeli Laissez-Passer British Nationalities Citizenship of the European Union Territories That Do Not Possess a Separate Nationality Statuses and Documents Excluded from the QNI for Failing to Meet the Criteria of a Nationality 10 Time of Measurement Contents 11 Composition of the QNI Human Development Economic Strength Peace and Stability Diversity of Settlement Freedom Weight of Settlement Freedom Diversity of Travel Freedom Weight of Travel Freedom Part 3 The QNI General Ranking 12 Introduction to the QNI General Ranking QNI General Ranking Quality Tiers 13 Nationalities of the World in 2018 14 QNI General Ranking 2018 15 Movement between Tiers in 2014–2018 16 Risers in 2014–2018 Croatia Romania Bulgaria United Arab Emirates Colombia Grenada Peru Timor-Leste Georgia Moldova 17 Fallers in 2014–2018 Yemen Libya Syrian Arab Republic Qatar Part 4 Regional and Thematic Rankings 18 Europe 19 Americas 20 Middle East and North Africa 21 Sub-Saharan Africa 22 Asia and the Pacific 23 European Union 24 Mercado Común del Sur 25 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States 26 Gulf Cooperation Council 27 Economic Community of West African States 28 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 29 Eurasian Economic Union 30 Association of Southeast Asian Nations 31 Commonwealth of Nations 32 Largest Countries by Area 33 Microstates 34 Best Countries According to Perception 35 Most Powerful Countries According to Perception 36 Non-Recognized States Part 5 Expert Commentary 37 North versus South or Integrated versus Isolated? Notes on the Global Grouping of Nationalities
By Yossi Harpaz 38 Population Density, Wealth, and Refugee Flows: New Perspectives of the Quality of Nationality Index
By Benjamin Hennig and Dimitris Ballas 39 The Quality of Statelessness
By Katja Swider 40 Citizenship-by-Investment (
Ius Doni)
By Christian H. Kälin 41 Twenty-Four Shades of Sovereignty and Nationalities in the Pacific Region
By Gerard Prinsen 42 Passports, Free Movement, and the State in South America
By Diego Acosta Arcarazo 43 The Quality of African Nationalities
By Andreas Krensel 44 Two Sticks, Half a Carrot: External and Domestic Divisions in the Post-Soviet Space
By Ryhor Nizhnikau 45 Post-Yugoslav Nationalities
By Elena Basheska 46 Citizenship of the European Union and Brexit
By Dimitry Kochenov 47 Canadian Nationality: The Value of Belonging
By Jacquelyn D. Veraldi 48 Mexican Nationality
By Pablo Mateos 49 French Nationality
By Sébastien Platon 50 Nationality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
By Jeremy Bierbach 51 Bulgarian Nationality: Dire Straits?
By Kamen Shoilev 52 ‘Non-Citizens’ of Latvia
By Aleksejs Dimitrovs 53 Georgian Nationality
By Laure Delcour 54 Israel: Citizenship, Residence, Taxation: A View from Practice
By Eli Gervits 55 China and India
By Suryapratim Roy 56 Myanmar: The Unflinching Law of the Ethnic Citizen and the ‘Mixed Blood’ Other
By José-María Arraiza Part 6 End Matter Endnotes Bibliography Methodological Annex Glossary of Terms Alphabetical Index of Nationality Quality Charts Included in the Text Acknowledgments
