This book sheds light on the processes that have transformed national citizenship of the European Union's member states and explains the legislative changes that have taken place since the mid-1980s in Germany, Hungary and Poland.

ALEKSANDRA MAATSCH is Senior Researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Citizenship in a Migratory World Comparative Citizenship Research: Competing Accounts Explaining Convergence and Divergence National Parliaments as Deliberative Bodies Legislative Reforms of National Citizenship: Patterns of Convergence and Divergence in Germany, Hungary and Poland (1985-2007) Explaining Convergence and Divergence of National Citizenship Legislation: a Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Debates Toward Convergence: Horizontal Europeanization of National Citizenship Legislation Conclusions Appendix Bibliography