Enacting European Citizenship (I): An Overview
European citizenship is a derivative citizenship. It derives from the constituent states and their principles of
jus sanguinis (blood),
jus soli (birth) or
jus domicili (residence). The European Union cannot grant these citizenship rights by itself. It is often said that European citizenship is a citizenship without a demos.
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Enacting European Citizenship (II): Objectives
Our aim in this research project is to enter into the question over European citizenship from a perspective which we call ‘acts of citizenship’.
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Enacting European Citizenship (III): Concepts
The concept of ‘act of citizenship’ is a new concept used in citizenship studies to designate how citizens and non-citizens can enact themselves as citizens. It is different from ‘active citizenship’ and, in fact, it can even be considered its opposite.
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Enacting European Citizenship (IV): Methods
The main object of analysis in this research is ‘acts’ within the context of statuses and habitus as modes of enactment and subjects, scales and sites as media of enactment.
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