Citizenship in cross-national perspective: an empirical baseline in the EU-15 -- Historical variation and legacies: the impact of colonialism and early democratization -- Continuity and change in the contemporary period: the impact of public mobilization -- Liberalizing change: Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Portugal -- Restrictive continuity: Austria, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Greece -- Partial liberalization with a restrictive backlash: Germany -- Citizenship battles in the historically liberal countries: France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Ireland -- New European frontier: the accession-12

1. Citizenship -- Europe -- Case studies
2. Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
3. Immigrants -- Europe -- Political activity