Abstract
At the turn of the twentieth century, processes of globalisation gave rise to debates about the continued relevance of citizenship as a legal status that assigns individuals to states. While new concepts reflecting emerging forms of citizenship were introduced, as well as counterarguments emphasising the resilience of national citizenship, these insights have not been explicitly linked to contemporary developments in citizenship. This introduction aims to fill that gap by revisiting old debates on the rescaling of citizenship, and proposing a new framework based on two key dimensions: multilevel and transnational citizenship. Using this framework, we conduct a systematic literature review to trace how these dimensions have evolved in scholarly debates. We then show how the contributions in this Special Issue advance empirical and theoretical understandings of citizenship in a globalising world.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5213-5240 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Early online date | 5 Sept 2025 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
We thank all the authors of this special issue for their dedication. We are grateful for the discussion about the contributions of this special issue that took place during the IMISCOE Annual Conference 2024, as well as the two workshops at Utrecht University. We thank the focus area 'Migration and Societal Change' at Utrecht University for their support of our special interest group 'Citizenship and immigrant integration' which enabled the organisation of the workshops. We are grateful to Ozge Bilgili for her editorial support on one of the contributions. We thank all the authors of this special issue, with special mention to Christina Zuber, for their feedback on this introduction.
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| Focus area 'Migration and Societal Change' at Utrecht University |
Keywords
- Citizenship
- globalization
- multilevel
- transnationalism