The toleration of dual citizenship has become a global trend as states
try to retain ties to their emigrants or to encourage their immigrants
to naturalise. This volume examines changes in state attitudes to dual
citizenship and their social impact, zooming in from analyses of global
dynamics to a series of country case studies that illustrate the variety
of reasons and intentions behind dual citizenship reform. Finally, five
chapters provide the most thorough analysis of the special Austrian case
so far. They show the size of Austria's untapped potential for
naturalisation of immigrants, the incoherence of its citizenship
policies at home and abroad and the need for a comprehensive reform.