Kälin and Kochenov's Quality of Nationality Index

An Objective Ranking of the Nationalities of the World
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5099-3323-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 209 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 1438 g

Kälin and Kochenov's Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the objective value of all nationalities as legal statuses of attachment to states. Using a wide variety of strictly quantifiable data to gauge the opportunities presented and limitations imposed by nationalities on their holders, the QNI provides a comprehensive ranking of the intrinsic quality of each citizenship status in the world. Both the internal value (economic opportunities, human development and peace and stability) and the external value (including the number and quality of visa-free travel and, crucially, settlement destinations) of all the nationalities in the world are measured, only to reveal the reality that the quality of nationalities is not correlated with the prestige of the issuing states.
Beautifully produced, richly illustrated and accompanied by insightful expert commentary, the QNI is the seminal reference for the citizenship aficionados. It is also an invaluable tool to illustrate the huge discrepancies in the value of the nationalities of the world: showcasing first-hand the unequal distribution of rights and opportunities which different nationalities bring to their holders.

The full QNI dataset on which this work is based is available in open access on Mendeley.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kochenov, Dimitry

Lindeboom, Justin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What is the QNI? The Creators' Preface

Ranking Nationalities, Not States

How Does It Work? The QNI in a Nutshell

The Creators, Editors, and Authors of the QNI

List of Contributors

Part 1 Laying Down the Base

By Dimitry Kochenov and Justin Lindeboom
1 The QNI's Task: Demystifying Citizenship through Clear Data

2 What Is Citizenship or Nationality?

3 Who Decides Who Is a National?

4 How to Decide Who Is a National

5 Nationalities Are Not Equal

6 A Country's Power and Citizenship Quality: The Lack of Correlation

7 Each Nationality Is Global: The Rise of Intercitizenships

Part 2 Methodology

8 Deploying a Clear Methodology to Tell a New Citizenship Story

9 Nationalities Included in the QNI

'Non-Citizens' of Latvia

Israeli Laissez-Passer

British Nationalities

Citizenship of the European Union

Territories That Do Not Possess a Separate Nationality

Statuses and Documents Excluded from the QNI for Failing to Meet the Criteria of a Nationality

10 Time of Measurement

Contents
11 Composition of the QNI

Human Development

Economic Strength

Peace and Stability

Diversity of Settlement Freedom

Weight of Settlement Freedom

Diversity of Travel Freedom

Weight of Travel Freedom

Part 3 The QNI General Ranking

12 Introduction to the QNI General Ranking

QNI General Ranking

Quality Tiers

13 Nationalities of the World in 2018

14 QNI General Ranking 2018

15 Movement between Tiers in 2014-2018

16 Risers in 2014-2018

Croatia

Romania

Bulgaria

United Arab Emirates

Colombia

Grenada

Peru

Timor-Leste

Georgia

Moldova

17 Fallers in 2014-2018

Yemen

Libya

Syrian Arab Republic

Qatar

Part 4 Regional and Thematic Rankings

18 Europe

19 Americas

20 Middle East and North Africa

21 Sub-Saharan Africa

22 Asia and the Pacific

23 European Union

24 Mercado Común del Sur

25 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

26 Gulf Cooperation Council

27 Economic Community of West African States

28 North Atlantic Treaty Organization

29 Eurasian Economic Union

30 Association of Southeast Asian Nations

31 Commonwealth of Nations

32 Largest Countries by Area

33 Microstates

34 Best Countries According to Perception

35 Most Powerful Countries According to Perception

36 Non-Recognized States

Part 5 Expert Commentary

37 North versus South or Integrated versus Isolated? Notes on the Global Grouping of Nationalities

By Yossi Harpaz
38 Population Density, Wealth, and Refugee Flows: New Perspectives of the Quality of Nationality Index

By Benjamin Hennig and Dimitris Ballas
39 The Quality of Statelessness

By Katja Swider
40 Citizenship-by-Investment (Ius Doni)

By Christian H. Kälin
41 Twenty-Four Shades of Sovereignty and Nationalities in the Pacific Region

By Gerard Prinsen
42 Passports, Free Movement, and the State in South America

By Diego Acosta Arcarazo
43 The Quality of African Nationalities

By Andreas Krensel
44 Two Sticks, Half a Carrot: External and Domestic Divisions in the Post-Soviet Space

By Ryhor Nizhnikau
45 Post-Yugoslav Nationalities

By Elena Basheska
46 Citizenship of the European Union and Brexit

By Dimitry Kochenov
47 Canadian Nationality: The Value of Belonging

By Jacquelyn D. Veraldi
48 Mexican Nationality

By Pablo Mateos
49 French Nationality

By Sébastien Platon
50 Nationality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

By Jeremy Bierbach
51 Bulgarian Nationality: Dire Straits?

By Kamen Shoilev
52 'Non-Citizens' of Latvia

By Aleksejs Dimitrovs
53 Georgian Nationality

By Laure Delcour
54 Israel: Citizenship, Residence, Taxation: A View from Practice

By Eli Gervits
55 China and India

By Suryapratim Roy
56 Myanmar: The Unflinching Law of the Ethnic Citizen and the 'Mixed Blood' Other

By José-María Arraiza

Part 6 End Matter

Endnotes

Bibliography
Methodological Annex

Glossary of Terms

Alphabetical Index of Nationality Quality Charts Included in the Text

Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Kochenov, Dimitry
Dimitry Kochenov is Professor and Head of Rule of Law research at the Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute, Hungary and Austria.

Lindeboom, Justin
Justin Lindeboom is Lecturer in European Law at the University of Groningen.

Dimitry Kochenov holds the Chair in EU Constitutional Law and Justin Lindeboom is Lecturer in European Law, both at the University of Groningen.