How immigration is changing citizenship: a comparative view

This article compares the impact of post-war immigration on citizenship in three Western states: the United States, Germany and Great Britain. While f ocusing on national variations in the immigration-citizenship relationship, this comparison suggests some general implications for the institution of citizenship in liberal states: citizenship remains indispensable for integr ating immigrants; the content of citizenship may change, in deviation from nationhood traditions; and citizenship is becoming increasingly multicultur al.