02534nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245008100055210006900136260001200205300001000217490000600227520193700233653006302170100002202233856012102255       2017                        eng d  a2300-168200aDimensions of Citizenship Policy in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Divergent Paths0 aDimensions of Citizenship Policy in the PostYugoslav Space Diver  c01/2017  a31-480 v63 a<p>The break-up of the former Yugoslavia resulted in the establishment of seven states with manifestly different citizenship regimes. Relating the politics of citizenship to the dominant nation-building projects, this paper argues that in the post-Yugoslav countries in which nation-building projects are consolidated (Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia) citizenship regimes converge around ethnic inclusiveness, while in those where nation building is contested (Macedonia and Montenegro) territorial rather than ethnic attachments are articulated in citizenship policies. In the case of Kosovo, and to a certain degree Bosnia and Herzegovina, policies emphasise territory due to international involvement in the shaping of their citizenship regimes. Even though all of these states have adopted ius sanguinis as the main mechanism of citizenship attribution at birth, the different approaches to naturalisation and dual citizenship indicate that the politics of citizenship are inextricably linked to the questions of nation building and statehood. To explore these issues, the paper first outlines the main traits of citizenship policies in contested and consolidated states. It proceeds by looking at different naturalisation requirements in the two groups of states. It argues that extension to ethnic kin occurs only in countries in which statehood and nation building are consolidated, where it serves to project an image of national unity. In states that are challenged by several competing nation-building projects, citizenship attribution through ethnic kinship is impossible due to lack of internal unity. The paper also analyses approaches to dual citizenship, identifying patterns of openness and restrictiveness. By doing so, it links the politics of citizenship to the interaction of foreign policy mechanisms in post-Yugoslav countries and identifies the points where these regimes overlap or conflict with each other.</p>10acitizenship; nation building; statehood; former Yugoslavia1 aDžankić, Jelena  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/Dzankic_Dimensions_of_Citizenship_Policy_in_the_Post-Yugoslav_Space_0.pdf