Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76399 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 896
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper employs the methodology of “constitutional political economy” to examine the definition of citizenship, and the delineation of the rights that accompany citizenship. The concepts developed are then applied to the question of how rights and citizenship should be defined in the European Union. The answer to this question is shown to depend on whether the Union is organized as a federation or a confederation. The concepts developed are then used to critique the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and to question whether this Charter should be made a part of a new European Union constitution.
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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