Becoming Citizens: Naturalization in the Liberal State

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Liberal states adopt widely varying attitudes and policies towards foreign residents who apply to become citizens. Some encourage naturalization and make it relatively easy, while others set high barriers and, in some cases, make it all but impossible. This diversity of practice raises several normative questions. What can be expected of people who want to become citizens? What sort of requirements can be made? And what normative principles are relevant in determining these matters?KeywordsNational CulturePolitical CommunityPermanent ResidentDual NationalityMoral ClaimThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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