The Citizenship Regimes of Swiss Cantons: Between Historical Inertia, Politicization and Postnational Change

The Citizenship Regimes of Swiss Cantons: Between

Historical Inertia, Politicization and Postnational Change

(Valentin Zuber)

This research examines the developments of

cantonal citizenship regimes in Switzerland from a historical

perspective. Besides shedding light on the broad diversity

in regards to naturalization and integration laws within the

confederation, it aims at explaining why they have persisted

to this date. It will do so by conducting a systematic

comparative analysis of the Zurich, Ticino and Jura cases.

The dissertation also interrogates the relationship between

federalism and immigration and their link to nation-building

processes in the Swiss multilevel context.