How the Rise of National Citizenship Laws Built the Modern State

How the Rise of National Citizenship Laws Built the Modern State
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Ryan McMaken
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Commentary
As immigration levels have grown in many Western countries, concerns over the politically destabilizing effects of large-scale migration have prompted a continuing debate over citizenship. As we’ve noted at Mises.org, many European states have consequently moved toward greater restrictions on citizenship. Other states, such as the United States and Canada, have yet to embrace any new limitations on naturalization laws.
Ryan McMaken
Ryan McMaken
Author
Ryan McMaken is the editor of Mises Wire and The Austrian. He has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of "Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre."