IMAGINATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF
CITIZENSHIP
– BEYOND THE HORIZON OF NATION-
STATE FORMATIONS?
by Helene Pristed Nielsen, post doc
FREIA Center for Gender Studies, Aalborg
University Denmark
’EUROSPHERE’
WWW.EUROSPHERE.UIB.NO
‘Eurosphere: Diversity and the European
Public Sphere – Towards a citizens Europe’
 examines the factors that are challenging the
fabric of European democracy
 identifies options relevant to optimizing citizens'
involvement in the European democratic
processes
 assesses different strategies for strengthening of
its inclusive democratic, plural institutions
CITIZENSHIP AND THE EUROSPHERE
DATABASE
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V4.1a According to which criteria do you think that
citizenship should be applied?
V4.2 What is your opinion with regard to dual
citizenship?
V4.3 Should residents from Non-EU-countries have
direct access to EU citizenship or should EU
citizenship only be derived from national citizenship
in one of the Member States?
V4.8 Should this country have entry, work and
settlement permit policies and rules which give equal
treatment to all? Or should we have favourable
policies for citizens of specific countries (e.g. EU
countries, countries with historical relationships to
this country)?
DATA SELECTION FOR ANALYSES
TABLE 6: NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS IN
FAVOUR/AGAINST DUAL CITIZENSHIP PR. COUNTRY
TABLE 7: GRANT DUAL CITIZENSHIP VS.
RENOUNCE PREVIOUS CITIZENSHIP BY GENDER
ATTITUDES TO UNION CITIZENSHIP BY
COUNTRY
ATTITUDES TO UNION CITIZENSHIP BY
GENDER
ATTITUDES TO EU CITIZENSHIP FOR SMOS AS A
WHOLE COMPARED TO ONLY WOMEN´S MOVEMENTS.
GENERAL ATTITUDES TO IMMIGRATION
POLICIES
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Female respondents are with a statistical
significance more likely to hold the view that ‘All
aliens, EU and non-EU, should be treated equally
no matter which country they come from’ when it
comes to attitudes to general immigration policy.
CONCLUSIONS
 Nationality
matters more than
gender
Much below the impact of respondents’
nationality we see:
 Women are in some cases more prone to move
beyond nation state formations
 Think tank respondents are more prone to move
beyond nation state formations
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