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Nationals, but not full citizens: Naturalisation policies in Mexico

  • German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Abstract

Despite being citizens, naturalised Mexicans are subjected to large restrictions in their political, civic, and even labour rights. Why such discriminatory regime is applied to such a reduced group of citizens, in a country that officially prides itself as open, tolerant, and having an intrinsically 'mixed' national origin? My hypothesis is that the roots of such differentiated treatment are the ideological legacy of the 'Revolutionary Nationalism' doctrine, which was promoted by the Mexican state during most of the 20th century, and is still expressed in laws and policies.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Review article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 100-115 (16 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Migration Letters (Volume 13, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/2016

Publication status

Published - 01/2016

ISSN

1741-8984

Publication IDs

  • ORCID: /0000-0002-7077-0110/work/40415594
  • Scopus: 85018174633