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Book SynopsisThe concept of supranational European citizenship has become one of the core concepts of the EU?s unique polity. It has, however, been one of the most difficult to actualise. This book examines the challenges of, and barriers to, exercising full citizenship rights for European citizens and considers how they might best be overcome.
Drawing on cutting-edge research from interdisciplinary areas of study, this book examines the key issues surrounding EU citizenship. Reflecting on the diversity of European societies, it identifies, analyses and compares the many barriers that citizens face to fully exercising their rights. With chapters examining key issues from migration to democratic governance and social rights, Moving Beyond Barriers critically analyzes concepts of citizenship and the way that EU citizenship is politically, legally, economically and socially institutionalised, and elaborates alternatives to the current paths of realising EU citizenship.
Citizenship issues feature prominently in the European policy-making agenda and the insights offered by this book will be of benefit to those with an interest in EU law, social and public policy and administration. Policy-makers and practitioners will also benefit from the reflections on citizenship and the practical guidance on how to move beyond current issues regarding EU citizenship.
Contributors include: B. Anderson, W. Bakker, V. Baricevic, F. Cheneval, S. de Vries, D. di Micco, O. Eberl, M. Ferrin, M.-P. Granger, M. Hoogenboom, E. Ioriatti, T. Knijn, N. Kosti, D. Levi-Faur, M. Naldini, M. Prak, E. Pulice, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, S. Seubert, I. Shutes, M. van der Kolk, F. van Waarden, S. Walker, P. Wallis
Trade Review'The bEUcitizen project has made an important contribution to the field of EU citizenship studies. This wide ranging book provides a taste of the different insights that the project has offered us about the different types of barriers to exercising European citizenship. Put together by an interdisciplinary and international team, the book is full is insights and should be widely consulted by scholars in the field.' --Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh, UK
Table of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON BARRIERS 1. Introduction: Being a citizen in Europe Frans van Waarden and Sandra Seubert 2. Boundaries and promises: conflicts of democratic citizenship and its prospects in the European Union Sandra Seubert and Oliver Eberl 3. Rivalling and clashing citizenship rights within the EU: Problems with the multi-dimensionality of rights Sybe de Vries and Frans van Waarden 4. Troublesome transitions and historical continuities: Citizenship in Europe, 1600-2000 Maarten Prak, Marcel Hoogenboom and Patrick Wallis 5. Accommodating Rivalling Claims of Citizenship Mónica Ferrín and Francis Cheneval 6. The social embeddedness of citizenship: Rights, communities and polities Marcel Hoogenboom and Trudie Knijn PART II RIVALLING AND COMPLEMENTING RIGHTS: THE MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP 7. Economic rights of EU citizens within a multi-level context Sybe de Vries and Elisabetta Pulice 8. Citizenship, Europe and Social Rights Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 9. The protection of civil rights and liberties and the transformation of Union citizenship Marie-Pierre Granger 10. The Right to Participate: Empowerment via Participation in the EU Nir Kosti and David Levi-Faur PART III SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BARRIERS TOWARDS EU CITIZENSHIP 11. Gender and Generational Interdependences and Divisions among EU citizens Trudie Knijn and Manuela Naldini 12. Insider/outsider: categorical rivalries? Bridget Anderson, Vedrana Baričević, Isabel Shutes and Sarah Walker 13. Linguistic diversity and barriers to EU citizens’ rights Elena Ioriatti and Domenico di Micco PART IV TOWARDS EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP 14. The Futures of EU Citizenship: Consequences of Different Scenarios Wieger Bakker and Marlot van der Kolk 15. Conclusions Trudie Knijn, Marcel Hoogenboom, Sandra Seubert and Sybe de Vries Index
