Calling for the Super Citizen Naturalisation Procedures in the United Kingdom and Germany

The figure of the “Super Citizen” is a powerful metaphor for the ways in which states use the naturalisation processes to place heavy demands on migrants.” — Jo Shaw, Edinburgh Law School, UK “Badenhoop’s book is a powerful and revealing, indeed breakthrough study that will shape citizenship researc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Badenhoop, Elisabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Naturalisation as subject-formation and the call for the Super Citizen
  • 2. Problematisations in naturalisation processes: Super Citizen or “scrounger”
  • 3. Rationalities of naturalisation: citizenship as award or entitlement
  • 4. Authorities in naturalisation procedures: structurally prescribed and self-perceived roles of state actors
  • 5. Techniques of subject-formation: citizenship courses, tests, and ceremonies
  • 6. Responses to the Super Citizen: migrants’ lived experiences of naturalisation
  • 7. The Super Citizen and the future of naturalisation