Pedroza argues that the success and type of denizen enfranchisement reforms rely on how the matter is debated by key political actors and demonstrates that these deliberations have the potential to redefine democratic citizenship not only as a status but as a matter of politics and policy.

List of Abbreviations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENFRANCHISEMENT OF MIGRANT RESIDENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Chapter 1. Citizenship, Nationality, and Voting Rights
Chapter 2. Broad Comparisons: Denizen Enfranchisement Across Countries
PART II. PROCESSES OF DENIZEN ENFRANCHISEMENT
Chapter 3. The Differentiated Enfranchisement of Denizens in Portugal
Chapter 4. The "Failed" Denizen Enfranchisement in Germany
PART III. COMPARING AND THEORIZING
Chapter 5. The Steps of Denizen Enfranchisement Processes
Chapter 6. A Process Approach to Denizen Enfranchisement in Further Cases
Chapter 7. Beyond Denizen Enfranchisement: Citizenship Change and Migration Policy
Notes
Appendix
References
Index

Luicy Pedroza is a Research Professor at the Center for International Studies (CEI), El Colegio de México, Mexico City, and Associate Fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg.