Revising The Integration-citizenship Nex

This open access book critically re-examines the theoretical and empirical interconnections between integration and citizenship, specifically, naturalisation. With new, empirical-grounded analyses of what we term 'citizenship-integration nexus' the central, shared contribution is showcasing how membership is informally achieved through everyday integration ―usually around, but sometimes in spite of, formal citizenship requirements. By providing evidence of a nexus disjuncture, the book contributes to critical dialogues on immigrant integration and political incorporation, relevant for policymakers, civil society actors, and academics alike.

Roxana Barbulescu is Associate Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds. She is the author of Migrant Integration in a Changing Europe: European Citizens, co-ethnics and immigrants in Italy and Spain (Notre Dame University Press, 2019) and co-author of Everyday Europe. Social Transformation in an Unsettled Continent. Her work was also published in International Migration, Migration Studies, Perspectives on European Societies and Politics, Politique Européenne, and Mediterranean Politics. 

Sara Wallace Goodman is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She is the author of, most recently, Citizenship in Hard Times: Ordinary Citizens in Democratic Hard Times (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Her work has also appeared in the Journal of Politics, International Organization, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, and other outlets. 

Luicy Pedroza is a Research-Professor at the Centro de Estudios Internacionales of El Colegio de México, in Mexico City. She is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) of the German Institute of Global and Regional Studies (GIGA). She has written Citizenship Beyond Nationality: Immigrants’ Right to Vote Across the World (University of Pennsylvania, 2019) and her works appear journals such as International Migration, Global Policy, Political Geography, and Citizenship Studies. She co-coordinates the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migration, Citizenship, and Political Participation (MIGCITPOL).