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Online Publication Date: 14 Mar 2011

Claiming the "Moroccan-Dutch": Dual Nationality and Interacting Citizenship Regimes

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DOI: 10.5555/arwg.9.3.34p2637481780885
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In today's globalizing world, national citizenship regimes no longer exist in isolation but are interacting more and more. People are increasingly connected across nation-state borders, and a substantial and growing number of the inhabitants of European states hold dual nationality. As a result, people are more likely to experience conflicting or competing national citizenship regimes. This article investigates the interacting citizenship regimes that confront the Moroccan-Dutch. These citizenship regimes are looked at from a migration perspective, with a focus on the interaction between the Netherlands as "receiving country" and Morocco as the "sending country." The discussion illustrates the tensions arising from an exclusionist conceptualization of citizenship in a context of securitization and integration and a continuation of diaspora engagement policies and extraterritorial citizenship over generations.

Dans le monde de la globalisation actuelle, les régimes nationaux pourvoyeurs de citoyenneté n'existent plus isolément, mais sont en continuelle interaction. Les populations sont de plus en relation au-delà des frontières des Étatsnations et un nombre important et croissant d'habitants des États européens possèdent une double nationalité. En conséquence, des personnes seront confrontées à des régimes nationaux concurrents ou conflictuels. Cet article examine l'interaction des régimes de citoyenneté confrontés par les Néerlando-Marocains. Ces régimes sont observés d'un point de vue migratoire, focalisant sur l'interaction entre les Pays-Bas le « pays de réception » et le Maroc, le « pays d'expédition ». Le débat expose les tensions qui surviennent lors d'une conceptualisation exclusive de la citoyenneté dans un contexte de sécurisation et d'intégration d'une part et de la continuation d'une politique de contrôle de la citoyenneté extra-territoriale des générations diasporiques futures, de l'autre.

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