CITIZENSHIP REGULATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE.ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH AND THROUGH REGULAR NATURALIZATION IN SIXTEEN POSTCOMMUNIST COUNTRIES
CITIZENSHIP REGULATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE.ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH AND THROUGH REGULAR NATURALIZATION IN SIXTEEN POSTCOMMUNIST COUNTRIES

Summary/Abstract: The article brings a contribution to the comparative study of citizenship policies. Little systematic research in the area has been centered on Eastern Europe and the few references in the literature emphasize the illiberal, nationalistic or ethnic character of citizenship regimes in the region. After criticizing Howard’s account on the liberalization of citizenship regimes in Europe, an extensive analysis of citizenship regulations in sixteen postcommunist countries from Eastern Europe is employed in order to emphasize the heterogeneous character of citizenship regimes and the main trends. Rather than “illiberal”, citizenship rules in postcommunist Eastern Europe are divergent and arrested by different if not antagonistic tendencies, as regarding to open-ness and restrictiveness.

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