The Global Market for Investor Citizenship

This book presents a systematic study of the history, theory and policy of investor citizenship and residence programmes. It explores how states develop new rules of joining their community in response to globalisation and highlights the tension between citizenship policies aimed at migrant integration and those, such as the sale of passports, which create 'long-distance citizens'. Individual chapters offer insights in the historical relationship between citizenship, money and property; discuss arguments that support and counter the practice of the sale of citizenship; and examine the interests and strategies of the different actorsstates, companies, individualsthat constitute the 'supply' and 'demand' sides of the burgeoning citizenship industry. The book provides a global overview of the market for investor citizenship as well as a separate policy analysis of the sale of citizenship and residence in the European Union.

Offers theoretical, historical and empirical analysis of the growing trend of countries offering investment-based citizenship Compares citizenship policies in the context of facilitating wealth-based migration at a global level Highlights the resilience of sovereignty, a theme particularly important for analysing relationships among states in the increasingly globalised world

Autorentext
Jelena Danki is Coordinator of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) at the European University Institute, Italy. She researches citizenship in Europe and beyond, Europeanisation, and politics of identity.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Citizenship and Money: Historical Snapshots.- 3. To sell or not to sell: the ethics of ius pecuniae.- 4. A Classification of Investment-Based Citizenship Programmes.- 5. 'Long-Distance Citizens': Strategies and Interests of States, Companies and Individuals in the Global Race for Wealth.- 6. Ius pecuniae in a Multilevel System: The European Experience.- 7. Conclusion.