INTL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jus Sanguinis, Jus Soli, Europe 1
27 Jul 2019
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Multiculturalism: is an official government policy of recognizing cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity and encouraging minorities to keep their cultural identities while participating in national society. Why migrate: the movement of people is driven by inequalities in income and wealth among countries, political conflict also results in migration, migrant networks and age shape who immigrates, environmental problems provoke migration. Citizenship: is enjoying the full privileges and immunities granted by a state; in a democracy, this includes being able to exercise full political rights. Jus soli: citizenship based on being born in the country. Jus sanguinis: citizenship based on descent from citizens. Denizenship: legal and social rights linked to a residence that falls shorts of full citizenship; in a democracy, this typically means that immigrants with denizenship lack full political rights. Immigration status determines the degree to which individuals have formal rights: only citizens can vote, the government must respect due process and equal protection of the law for everyone.
