The ironies of citizenship : naturalization and integration in industrialized countries

354 Pages·2010·1.885 MB·English

by  Thomas Janoski

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TheIroniesofCitizenship
Explanationsofnaturalizationandjussolicitizenshiphavereliedoncul-
tural,convergence,racialization,orcapturetheories,andtheytendtobe
strongly affected by literature on immigration. This study of naturaliza-
tion breaks with usual immigration theories and proposes an approach
spanning centuries and decades to explain naturalization rates. First, it
provides consistent evidence to support the long-term existence of colo-
nizer,settler,noncolonizer,andNordicnationalityregimetypesthathave
framed naturalization for centuries. Second, it shows how left and green
parties,alongwithanindexofnationalitylaws,explainthelion’sshareof
variation in naturalization rates over a span of three and a half decades.
Thetextmakesthesetheoreticalclaimsbelievablebyusingthemostexten-
sivedatasettodateonnaturalizationratesthatincludejussolibirths.It
analyzesthesedatawithacombinationofcarefullydesignedcasestudies
comparingtwotofourcountrieswithinandbetweenregimetypesandtests
them(spanningthirty-sevenyears)withcross-sectional,pooledregression
techniquesespeciallysuitabletoslow-movingbutdynamicinstitutions.
Thomas Janoski is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of
Kentucky.HeistheauthorofCitizenshipandCivilSociety(1998)andThe
Political Economy of Unemployment. He is coeditor of The Handbook
ofPoliticalSociology(withAlexanderHicks,MildredSchwartz,andthe
late Robert Alford) and coeditorofThe Comparative Political Economy
oftheWelfareState(withAlexanderHicks).

The Ironies of Citizenship
Naturalization and Integration
in Industrialized Countries
THOMAS JANOSKI
UniversityofKentucky
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1.Naturalization. 2.Citizenship. 3.Immigrants–Culturalassimilation.
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Contents
ListofFigures pageix
ListofTables xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction:ThePoliticsofGrantingCitizenship 1
2 Wide Measures with Dynamic and Synthetic Methods 25
part i: the colonizers and settlers
3 ColonizationinReverse:DegreesofEmpireinthe
UnitedKingdomandFrance 55
4 FromManifestDestinytoMulticulturalDiversityinthe
SettlerCountries 89
part ii: matched case studies and exceptions
5 EuropeanColonizerversusShort-TermOccupier:Austria
andGermany 127
6 WorldColonizerversusLateOccupier:TheNetherlands
andBelgium 158
7 LeftandGreenPoliticsTrumpRegimeTypesinthe
NordicCountries 187
part iii: the comprehensive analysis of
naturalization rates
8 ExplainingNaturalizationRatesinEighteenCountries:
RegimesoverCenturiesandPoliticsandInstitutions
overDecades 221
vii
viii Contents
9 Conclusion:ExplanationsandtheFutureofCitizenship 243
Appendix2.1:Three-StepFixedEffectVectorDecomposition
StatisticalMethods 263
References 265
NameIndex 321
SubjectIndex 326