The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism of citizenship studies and EU citizenship from an EU studies viewpoint. To contribute to their ongoing discussion and offer a politically embedded perspective, Siklodi applies the citizenship studies lens to the analysis of EU-wide survey data and original focus group evidence of young and highly educated EU mobiles and stayers in Sweden and Britain. Specifically, she investigates political community building processes, including processes of differentiation and exclusion, and the dimensions of citizenship identity, rights and participation at the national and EU levels. Siklodi proposes a redefinition of the active/passive citizen dichotomy in terms of mobiles/stayers to providea more accurate description of contemporary citizen attitudes and behaviours across the European community.

Explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility Investigates political community building processes, including processes of differentiation and exclusion and the dimensions of citizenship Proposes a redefinition of the active/passive citizen dichotomy in terms of mobiles/stayers

Autorentext

Nora Siklodi is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and Visiting Fellow in DACED at NTNU, Norway. Her research interest is in citizenship politics, looking at new ways of defining and describing the experience of various types of citizenship as they happen today

Klappentext

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism of citizenship studies and EU citizenship from an EU studies viewpoint. To contribute to their ongoing discussion and offer a politically embedded perspective, Siklodi applies the citizenship studies lens to the analysis of EU-wide survey data and original focus group evidence of young and highly educated EU mobiles and stayers in Sweden and Britain. Specifically, she investigates political community building processes, including processes of differentiation and exclusion, and the dimensions of citizenship identity, rights and participation at the national and EU levels. Siklodi proposes a redefinition of the active/passive citizen dichotomy in terms of mobiles/stayers to providea more accurate description of contemporary citizen attitudes and behaviours across the European community.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: The politics of contemporary citizenship: What's going on?.- Chapter 2. Citizenship, free movement and the EU.- Chapter 3. A snapshot of mobile citizenship in the EU.- Chapter 4. Community building processes and EU mobility.- Chapter5. National citizenship in a mobile Europe they are changing.- Chapter6. EU citizenship and mobility: A less than perfect partnership .- Chapter7. Conclusion: Where is mobile citizenship in Europe and elsewhere heading.