Abstract
An increasing number of states permit dual citizenship, but there are public concerns about divided loyalties of dual citizens which might lead to intolerance of their political rights. We propose and test whether these concerns depend on the emotional versus instrumental reasons immigrants express for acquiring their second, host society citizenship. Using a survey experiment on a nationally representative sample of native-born Dutch, we find that emotional (vs. instrumental) reasons for a second citizenship lead to higher perceived host society loyalty, which is related to greater political tolerance of dual citizens. Instrumental reason for dual citizenship leads to higher perceived loyalty to the country of origin; however, this is not related to political tolerance of such dual citizens. Implications for theory and society are considered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 354-366 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Political Science |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association.
Funding
Support for this research was provided by the European Research Council Advanced Grant under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement No 740788).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 740788 |
| European Research Council |
Keywords
- dual citizenship
- naturalization motives
- political tolerance