dc.contributor.author | KOCHENOV, Dimitry | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-21T13:45:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-02-21T13:45:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-02-21 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1028-3625 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15774 | |
dc.description.abstract | This essay discusses the dubious premises of ‘repressive liberalism’ underlying the policies of cultural
‘integration’ that have been adopted by a number of otherwise liberal democracies around the world.
The author uses his own first-hand experience of naturalisation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the
pioneering jurisdiction with regards to the introduction of ‘cultural integration’, in order to expose the
counterproductive nature of the ‘integration’ approach to the absorption of non-citizens. The essay
claims that there is no such thing as a ‘nation-specific’ culture to be tested and that the creation and
consolidation of EU citizenship changed the whole framework of reference within which any Member
State nationality operates and should be discussed. The argument is that, particularly in the EU
context, culture and language testing before naturalisation is built on false assumptions and does not
serve any identifiable goal that would go beyond the perpetuation of prejudice. Since testing
stigmatises a large number of Europeans and potentially undermines social cohesion in the Member
States, it should be abolished. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI RSCAS | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2011/06 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [GLOBALCIT] | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUDO Citizenship Observatory | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | EU Law | en |
dc.subject | citizenship | en |
dc.subject | European citizenship | en |
dc.subject | nationality | en |
dc.subject | naturalisation | en |
dc.subject | culture | en |
dc.subject | integration | en |
dc.subject | social cohesion | en |
dc.subject | prejudice | en |
dc.subject | testing | en |
dc.title | Mevrouw de Jong Gaat Eten: EU Citizenship and the Culture of Prejudice | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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