Kin Citizenship in Eastern Europe
Journal: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks
Year: 2021

As opposed to Western and North American immigration countries, where dual citizenship has been discussed in relation to migrant’s integration, Eastern European states used external dual citizenship polices as part of post-communist nation-building projects. In Eastern Europe, newly restored states as well as countries whose international borders have not been involved in recent territorial changes offered citizenship for their ethnic kin living beyond the borders in order to strengthen the clai