The Vulnerability of Dual Citizenship

Rubenstein, Kim

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The Vulnerability of Dual Citizenship

Date

2023

Authors

Rubenstein, Kim

Abstract

Australian citizenship has travelled from an acceptance and foundation of a form of cosmopolitan or supranational citizenship to one of vulnerability for dual citizens. In doing so, it changes the relationship between the individual and the state, reverting Australian citizens back to their “subject” like status in principle even if not in title.