Calling for the super citizen : naturalisation procedures in the United Kingdom and Germany / Elisabeth Badenhoop.
Badenhoop, Elisabeth.
2023
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Title
Calling for the super citizen : naturalisation procedures in the United Kingdom and Germany / Elisabeth Badenhoop.
Author
Badenhoop, Elisabeth.
ISBN
9783031342608 (electronic bk.)
3031342607 (electronic bk.)
3031342593
9783031342592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34260-8
Publication Details
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-34260-8 doi
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KD4056
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.6230941
Summary
This book proposes a bold new interpretation of naturalisation requirements and procedures. Badenhoop regards them as state efforts to produce Super Citizens, who contribute to the economy and cultural diversity, and show loyalty and gratitude. A must-read for scholars, policy-makers and others interested in citizenship. Rainer Baubck, European University Institute, Italy Elisabeth Badenhoops book provides important insights into the character of naturalisation processes in modern states. The figure of the Super Citizen is a powerful metaphor for the ways in which states use the naturalisation processes to place heavy demands on migrants. Jo Shaw, Edinburgh Law School, UK Badenhoops book is a powerful and revealing, indeed breakthrough study that will shape citizenship research for years to come. Steven Vertovec, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany This book offers the first empirical and holistic analysis of the design, implementation and effects of the new naturalisation regimes in the United Kingdom and Germany introduced in the 2000s. Based on a multi-sited state ethnography, it uniquely compares the law on the books, the local administration, and the lived experiences of citizenship tests, courses, and ceremonies from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. The book argues that naturalisation procedures in both countries suggest to migrants to constantly optimise themselves in the states interests toward the subjectivity of the Super Citizen a political, economic, and cultural asset to the liberal-democratic, capitalist nation-state. The concept of the Super Citizen enables us to highlight and criticise the overburdening expectations toward citizens by application as opposed to citizens by birth. The analysis reveals that the self-presentation of Britain and Germany as liberal and meritocratic polities is in stark contrast to migrants lived experiences of the naturalisation process. By shedding light on naturalisation policies efficacy, this book is aimed at students and scholars in sociology, politics, law, anthropology, and education, as well as policy-makers in the areas of citizenship and migration. Elisabeth Badenhoop is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
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Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series.
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CALLING FOR THE SUPER CITIZEN.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Praise for Calling for the Super Citizen
Contents
About the Author
1: Naturalisation as Subject-Formation and the Call for the Super Citizen
1.1 Synopsis of the Book
1.2 The Call for the Super Citizen: Naturalisation as Subject-Formation
Naturalisation Requirements in the Academic Debate
The Subject-Formation Framework
The Call for the Super Citizen
1.3 The Historical Emergence of Naturalisation in the UK and Germany
The UK Case
The German Case
Naturalisation Requirements in the UK and Germany Today

1.4 A Multi-sited State Ethnography of Naturalisation in the UK and Germany
1.5 Outline of the Book
References
2: Problematisations in Naturalisation Processes: Super Citizen or "Scrounger"
2.1 The Dependent Citizenship Applicant: Supposed Lack of Economic Integration
Benefit Receivers
Minors, Elderly, and Disabled People
Students
2.2 The Insincere Citizenship Applicant: Doubts About Cultural-Linguistic Integration Efforts
"War Criminals" and "Illegal Entrants"
Suspicious Sponsors: "Sham" Marriages and Solicitors

"Dodgy" Colleges and Medical Practitioners: Suspected Fraud in Relation to Language and Knowledge Tests
"Impersonators": Suspected Identity Fraud
EU Nationals: Suspected of Claiming Welfare Without Making Contributions
2.3 The Indifferent Citizenship Applicant: Suspicious Political Loyalties
Frequent Fliers
Dual Nationals
Idealised Refugees Versus Saturated National-Borns: Maintaining Democracy Against the Far Right
2.4 Engrained Institutional Mistrust
References
3: Rationalities of Naturalisation: Citizenship as Award or Entitlement

3.1 Naturalisation as a Discretionary Award
"A Straightforward Process"
No Right to Appeal
No "Entry Ticket" or "Old Roll"
From "Knave" to "Knight"
The First Citizenship Test in Saxony
"Lecture About Rights and Duties"
3.2 Naturalisation as a Legal Entitlement
A Political and Economic Necessity or "Plus"
Enablement and Empowerment Rather Than "Social Imperialism"
Pro-naturalisation Campaigns in Hamburg: Volunteer "Guides" and Personal Letter by the Mayor
3.3 Naturalisation as Creating an Emotional Attachment

Turning a Bureaucratic Procedure into a Lived, Meaningful Experience
Inducing National and Local Self-identification
Humanising the State
Emotional Work
Apolitical, Too Political, Right or Left?
3.4 Naturalisation as a Commercial Commodity
Customer Service
Source of Profit: "Citizenship Pays for All the Other Applications."
3.5 Comparison and Conclusion
References
4: Authorities in Naturalisation Procedures: Structurally Prescribed and Self-Perceived Roles of State Actors
4.1 Accessing Information and Forms: The Role of Legal Advisers

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