Nationality and citizenship: a historical and functional perspective

Authors

  • Benito Aláez Corral Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.62

Keywords:

citizenship, democracy

Abstract

The concept of nationality and citizenship are institutional, but also historical, institutions that can be seen as different from a functional perspective. Citizenship was created as concept in Greece, but was next to extinction when the concept of nationality was growing, since Rome to the creation of the National States. Later, nationality acquired an ethnic and cultural meaning, which was also used a requirement for citizenship. During the XXth century, the democratic processes have changed these ideas, creating a more universal reading both of citizenship and nationality.

Submission date: 10/12/2004
Acceptance date: 24/03/2005

Author Biography

Benito Aláez Corral, Universidad de Oviedo

Doctor en Derecho y Master en Derecho alemán. Ha combinado su dedicación a la docencia y la investigación universitaria como Profesor Titular de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Oviedo con el ejercicio práctico del Derecho como Magistrado Suplente del Tribunal Superior de Justicia Asturias y como miembro del Consejo de administración de la Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias. Ha desarrollado diversas estancias de investigación en Universidades españolas y extranjeras, como Roma, Coimbra, Friburgo, donde ha contado con el patrocinio de la prestigiosa fundación Alexander von Humboldt, o Georgetown. Sus publicaciones, que abarcan libros monográficos y artículos en revistas especializadas, se han ocupado de problemas capitales del Derecho constitucional, como los relativos a la teoría de la Constitución y los límites a su reforma, la relación entre la soberanía de la Constitución española y la Unión Europea, la libertad de expresión, la libertad religiosa, los derechos fundamentales durante la minoría de edad, o más recientemente la relación entre nacionalidad, ciudadanía y democracia.

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Issue

No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

Section

The historical construction of citizenship

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