Dual Citizenship Granted to Hungarian Ethnics. Context and Arguments in the Romanian and Hungarian Mass Media

Brie, Mircea and Polgar, Istvan (2011): Dual Citizenship Granted to Hungarian Ethnics. Context and Arguments in the Romanian and Hungarian Mass Media. Published in: Eurolimes , Vol. Suppli, No. Mircea Brie, Ioan Horga, Sorin Şipoş, Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union’s East Border, Editura Universităţii din Oradea/Editura Universităţii din Debrecen, supliment Eurolimes, Oradea/Debrecen (2011): pp. 151-162.

Abstract

Citizenship represents the permanent legal and political relationship that exists between the state and the individual. Citizenship is often defined in terms of legislation and accompanying political debates, far from the realities experienced by citizens. Due to the lack of uniformity between laws of different countries regarding the criteria for granting citizenship, an individual can be found in a position to have more than one citizenship or in a position where his/her right to citizenship is denied. We are facing a citizenship conflict that bears the concept of multi-nationality or even of statelessness.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: citizenship; society; Romania; Hungary; mass media; perception
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L82 - Entertainment ; Media; K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K33 - International Law; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy; N - Economic History > N4 - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation

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