In Search of the Perfect Citizen?

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Abbreviations Acknowledgements Section I - Intersection Between Integration, Immigration and Nationality in the EU: Setting the Scene Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Integration, Immigration and Nationality 2. Legal Framework of of TCNs in the EU 3. Outline of the Book and the Questions at Stake 4. Scope, Concepts and Methodology Section II - Normativity of in EU Law and Policy Chapter 2: Relationship between and EU Law and Policy 1. Introduction: Mapping in EU Law and Policy before Europeanisation 2. From the 1970s to the 1980s: Roots of European Cooperation on of TCNs 3. Maastricht Era 4. Amsterdam, Tampere and the Origins of the Dual Framing on in the EU Chapter 3: EU Framework on 1. EU Framework on Integration: Origins, Concepts, Tools and Structures 2. and the Treaty of Lisbon 3. EU Framework on as an Alternative Form of OMC 4. Benchmarking in the EU 5. Conclusions Chapter 4: European Immigration Law and Introduction 1. European Law on Regular Immigration: Processes and Institutional Configurations 2. Directive on the Right to Family Reunification 3. Directive on Long-Term Residents Status 4. New Legislative Proposals on Regular Immigration 5. Treaty of Lisbon and the Renewed Institutional Framework of EU Immigration Law 6. Conclusions Section III - Normativity of in National Law: Cases of Spain and France Chapter 5: Intersection between and the Legal Framework on Nationality and Immigration in Spain Introduction 1. Construction of Immigrant Spain and the Spanish Non-Model on 2. Evolution of the Spanish Legislation on Immigration and its Changing Articulation with 3. in the Legal Framework on Nationality and Regular Immigration 4. Directives 2003/109 and 2003/86: Transposing Measures and Conditions in Spanish Law? 5. Conclusions Chapter 6: Legal Framework on Nationality, Immigration and The Republican Integration in France Introduction 1. French Republican Paradigm of Integration: Fundamentals and Implications 2. A Historical Overview of in France 3. French Legal System on the Acquisition of Nationality: Naturalisation and Assimilation 4. Normative and Contractual Framing of in French Immigration Law 5. Conclusions Section IV - Interplay between EU and National Immigration Law: General Principles of EU Law Chapter 7: Testing Member States' Action against the Principle of Proportionality and Fundamental Rights Introduction 1. General Principles of EU Law and the Rule of Law in EU Immigration Law 2. General Principles of Proportionality and Fundamental Rights: Review of Member States' Actions within EU Immigration Law 3. Tests of Fundamental Rights and Proportionality: Case of France 4. Conclusions Section V - Conclusions Chapter 8: Interplay between the EU and National Levels over Integration: Conclusions and Recommendations 1. Interplay between the EU and the National Levels over 2. Reflections on the Normative Framework of in the EU 3. Recommendations Resumen Samenvatting References Table of Cases Legislative and Policy Acts Biography Index.