DUAL CITIZENSHIP IN OLD AND NEW STATES

The paper analyzes dual citizenship in two principal manifestations in the world - de facto dual citizenship, as induced by international mi grations and de jure dual citizenship, as re byproduct of Soviet imper ial collapse. Factors of a social political, cultural and economic nat ure that condition approaches towards dual citizenship taken by govern ments, political elites and grass-root actors are discussed in referen ce to established democracies (USA, France, Germany) and to newly inde pendent states (the Ukraine).