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    Nowadays, dual citizenship is a hot point new around the world. A number of people prefer to hold dual citizenship, but a lot of countries are confused to accept dual citizens or not because it will lead to different kind of issues such as tax evasion, escaping military service, posing threat to national security and lacking of nationalism. As far as I am concerned, people should hold citizenship in more than one country because it is convenient for people who work or travel in other countries, it

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    In his essay "The Inevitable Lightening of Citizenship," Christian Joppke discusses the phenomenon whereby the subjective value of citizenship is decreasing in the face of globalization, because allegiance to a particular nation-state is far less important than the transnational transfer of wealth and ideology. At the same time, the objective value of citizenship in the "right" (meaning wealthy and relatively free) countries is increasing, because being born in one of these countries means that an

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    people don't know. Here are just some of the facts. Stay tuned for the second part of the article, which is coming soon! Number Fifteen: Bigamy Can Lead to Denied Citizenship In America, being polygamous isn't supported. If the country learns that you may be a polygamist, then they usually follow with denying one of any American citizenship which is interesting to realize. Number Fourteen: There's a Bigger Population Than You'd Think Bigamy is a bigger thing than people realize, even if it is pretty

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    What is a citizen and where does she practice her citizenship? These questions cannot be answered unless accompanied by sufficient knowledge of how different types of citizenships are formed and how these citizenships are practiced. There is not one singular type of citizen that permeates the world or even the United States—an intermingled and enmeshed notion of citizenship is acted out through a combination of rights and duties as the citizen attempts to hold onto those values that are most important

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    Citizenship and Marxist Theory The creation and existence of citizenship can be directly related to Marxist theory. Citizenship has major implications in the distribution of power in the United states. The use of citizenship or the act of denying certain groups full citizenship directly relates to the exploitation, class struggle, the role of the State, and reserve labor army. Specifically, the second chapter of Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Citizenship: Universalism and Exclusion, can analyzed by marxist

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    Application for citizenship is different in every country and the United States and Canada demonstrate this fact. Although they both have similar basic structures, the U.S. system has more exceptions and a generally longer process. Both countries require Permanent Resident(PR) status and one must be 18 years of age or older to apply. They also both allow parents and guardians to apply for citizenship for their children and make exceptions to the general rules in those cases. While both require an

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    As an immigrant to the United States from El Salvador, I was really inclined to attend Robert Koulish’s talk titled “Citizenship and the Right to Public Education for Undocumented Immigrants.” I came to the US when I was six years old in 2000, it has been 16 years since I have been here. I remember very little from my birth country and most of my memories have been made in the United States. The community that raised and helped to sculpt my values is not in El Salvador, rather it is in Maryland,

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    Background and context Through the use of quantitative analysis, this paper analyses to what extent individuals’ identification with the constitution of the nation-state, referred to as constitutional patriotism, can provide a basis for a common European ‘demos’. The theoretical framework draws upon the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas and his concept of moral reason, communicative rationality, and deliberative democracy. We aim to build up the necessary theoretical framework needed to understand

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    The concern here was that the lawyers do not have any certifications, schooling, or experience in judging cases. In the new ICS proposal there are changed made, as EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom explains: “the judges will be publically appointed in advance. And, like in courts, you won’t be able to choose which judges hear your case. Furthermore, we will guarantee there is no conflict of interest. Again, like in domestic and international courts, the judges won’t be able to continue any activities

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    Legal Context: European Union law Article 6(3) Treaty on European Union (TEU) states that, ‘fundamental rights shall constitute general principles of the Union’s law’. Member States and EU institutions are obliged to act in accordance with the principle of equality, since it is recognized as a fundamental right and is protected by the Union’s law. For the Charter of Fundamental Human Rights, Article 6(1) TEU confirms its legal status equal to any other EU Treaties. Therefore, obligation to

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