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On Voting Ethics for Dual Nationals

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After the Nation?

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Some people believe that holding dual or multiple citizenships is morally wrong. The currency of citizenship, they believe, is cheapened when citizenship is not tied in tightly with membership in a specific nation-state. Others believe that though dual citizenship is ethically permissible and perhaps even desirable (Spiro, 2007), the implementation of regimes of multiple citizenship poses problems that need to be addressed so as to maximize the benefits generated by people having more than one citizenship while minimizing its costs.

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  1. Daniel M. Weinstock
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  1. School of Politics, International Studies, and Philosophy, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Keith Breen (Lecturer in Political Theory) (Lecturer in Political Theory)

  2. Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Shane O’Neill (Professor of Political Theory and Dean) (Professor of Political Theory and Dean)

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Weinstock, D.M. (2010). On Voting Ethics for Dual Nationals. In: Breen, K., O’Neill, S. (eds) After the Nation?. International Political Theory Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230293175_10

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