New
Perspectives for Learning - Briefing Paper 61
Dual Citizenship, Governance and Education: A Challenge to the European Nation-State
This is an Interim Briefing Paper
of the project that started in December 2002
Context of the Research
Current tension between evolving
trans-national political and economic structures and national identities
constitutes a serious challenge both for European and national
decision-makers. In many European states, the recent tendency involves an
increasing tolerance towards dual citizenship.
This project analyses policies and
their implementation in the area of citizenship, especially dual
citizenship, in Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Portugal,
and the United Kingdom. It focuses on the prevailing rules and practices, as
well as on experiences and attitudinal orientations related to the
acquisition and attribution of dual citizenship.
Key Issues
Based upon the experiences and
expectations of policy-makers and individual citizens, including persons
with dual citizenship and persons with a multi-national background but
holding only a single citizenship, the project is addressing:
1
How decision-makers may take a common European approach to dual
citizenship that is acceptable at both national and international levels.
2
How international agreements and national documents upon which the
attainment of dual citizenship and the politico-legal status of persons with
dual citizenship are currently based and whether there is a need for any
changes.
3
What role educational policies have in the promotion of inclusive and
active citizenship and active civic participation among people with dual
citizenship.
Further Information
The
full title of the project is: “Dual Citizenship, Governance and
Education: A Challenge to the European Nation-State”. The final report is
due at the beginning of 2006. The interim results are likely to be available
by the end of 2003.
The project web site at http://www.joensuu.fi/dce/
Partner
details
Key Publications
None produced yet.
Research Institutions
University
of Joensuu, Joensuu Centre for Ethnic Studies/Department of Applied
Education, Finland
University
of Tartu, Department of Political Science, Estonia
University
of Paris 8, Institute Maghreb-Europe, France
University
of Koblenz-Landau, Centre of Educational Research, Germany
Information
Centre for Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence, Greece
University
of Haifa, Israel
University
of Porto, School of Economics, Portugal
University
of Manchester, United Kingdom
Contact Person
Dr.
Pirkko Pitkänen
University of Joensuu
Joensuu Centre for Ethnic
Studies/Department of Applied Education
P.O. Box 111, 80101
Joensuu,
Finland
Tel.
+358 13 251 3343
Fax +358 13 251 5275
Email pirkko.pitkanen@joensuu.fi
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