Investment Migration in Europe and the World
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Will be published approx. on 24. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-1-5099-5541-1 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past decades a growing number of countries have offered citizenship or residence in return for a donation or investment. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of this phenomenon, this open access collection examines its legal, political, and conceptual implications.
The volume consists of four parts. The first part documents recent trends in investment migration and seeks to understand its implications for our understanding of the concept of citizenship. The second part provides a legal and normative assessment of investment migration, from the perspective of both EU and international law. The third part presents case studies of investment migration practices in countries from around the world, including from jurisdictions that have so far remained under-researched. The fourth part deals with the specific EU legal-political context and also engages with the case launched by the European Commission against Malta.
The book assembles the leading experts in the field and offers a rigorous and balanced analysis of this sometimes controversial field.
The ebook editions of this book are available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Central European University.
The volume consists of four parts. The first part documents recent trends in investment migration and seeks to understand its implications for our understanding of the concept of citizenship. The second part provides a legal and normative assessment of investment migration, from the perspective of both EU and international law. The third part presents case studies of investment migration practices in countries from around the world, including from jurisdictions that have so far remained under-researched. The fourth part deals with the specific EU legal-political context and also engages with the case launched by the European Commission against Malta.
The book assembles the leading experts in the field and offers a rigorous and balanced analysis of this sometimes controversial field.
The ebook editions of this book are available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Central European University.
Reviews / Votes
An impressive and definitive volume on citizenship and residence by investment - reflecting a rich and textured variety of perspectives from the theoretical to the empirical, from the global to the country-specific, and from the approving to the skeptical. This book is an invaluable resource, a penetrating analysis of an important global trend and what that trend says about citizenship itself. * Prof. Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA Law School * A compelling and masterful collection. Nuanced, rich, and thought-provoking - the work interrogates assumptions and challenges the hypocrisies that pervade investment migration discourse, demanding honest appraisal of the morality of traditional citizenship regimes. Packed with gems from the leading intellectual lights of citizenship scholarship, this essential book is deeply contextualised, rigorous and forensically rooted in evidence, from a huge range of schemes and jurisdictions around the world. * Prof. Charlotte O'Brien, Professor of Law and York Law School Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
719 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-5541-1 (9781509955411)
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Persons
Dimitry Kochenov is Professor and Head of Rule of Law research at the Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute, Hungary and Austria.
Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, UK.
Martijn van den Brink is Assistant Professor of Law at the Europa Institute at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, UK.
Martijn van den Brink is Assistant Professor of Law at the Europa Institute at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Content
Introduction: Advancing Investment Migration Scholarship
Dimitry V Kochenov (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary), Madeleine Sumption (University of Oxford, UK) and Martijn van den Brink (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Part I: Investor Migration: Conceptualisation and Context
1. Citizenship by Investment and the Right to Change Nationality, William Thomas Worster
2. New Generation Skilled Migration Policies: Talent as Output, High Regard Guests and Citizens in Absentia, Francesca Strumia (City, University of London, UK)
3. Residency by Investment and Citizenship by Investment: Just the Tip of the Iceberg? The Pervasiveness of Meritocratic Considerations in Immigration and Citizenship Law, Odile Ammann (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
4. Race and Merit in the Context of Residency and Citizenship by Investment, Sarah Ganty (Yale Law School, USA)
Part II. LEGAL REGULATION: EMPIRICAL AND NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INVESTOR MIGRATION
5. Nottebohm and 'Genuine Link': Anatomy of a Jurisprudential Illusion, Peter J Spiro (Temple Law School, Philadelphia, USA)
6. State Autonomy versus 'Genuine Links': Nottebohm and Beyond, Matjaz Tratnik and Petra Weingerl (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
7. What are the Risks of Investment Migration? Going Beyond the Status Quo, Kristin Surak (London School of Economics, UK)
8. Legal Residence and Physical Presence: The Law and Practice of Naturalisation in EU Jurisdictions, Dimitry V Kochenov (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary) and Martijn van den Brink (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
9. Investor Citizenship Cartels, Residence by Investment Cartels and EU Competition Law, Gareth Davies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
10. Nothing to Hide? Transparency Requirements, Accountability and Privacy in Investment Migration, Jacquelyn D Veraldi (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary) and Oskar J Gstrein (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
11. Can Investor Visas be Made to Work? Lessons from the United Kingdom and United States, Madeleine Sumption (University of Oxford, UK)
Part III: Investment Migration Regulation in Europe and the World
12. Wealth Influx, Wealth Exodus: Investment Migration from China to Portugal, Luuk van der Baaren (Copenhagen University, Denmark) and Hanwei Li (Yan'an University, China)
13. Investment Residence in Greece: Analysing the Attractiveness and Challenges of the Golden Visa Programme, Niovi Vavoula, University of Luxembourg, and Vasiliki Apatzidou (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
14. The Rise and Fall of Investment Immigration in Canada, Miriam Cohen (University of Montreal, Canada)
15. 'Internal' Investment Migration: The Case of Investment Migration from Mainland China to Hong Kong, Qishi Fu (China)
16. Will Virtual Become Real? Ten Years of the e-Residency Programme in Estonia, Vadim Poleshchuk (European Parliament, Belgium)
17. Foreign Nationality Acquisition in Late Imperial China: Change of Personal Status as Pathway to Opportunities and Personal Security, Sau Kong Lee (Hong Kong University)
Part IV: Investment Migration Conundrums in the European Union
18. Golden Passports: European Commission and European Parliament Reports Built on Quicksand, Hans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliveira (European University Institute, Italy)
19. Investor Citizenship under EU Law: Recent Trends and Constitutional Implications, Daniel Sarmiento (Complutense University, Spain) and Guillermo Iniguez (University of Oxford, UK)
20. It's All about Blood, Baby! The EU's Attack against Investment Migration in the Context of EU Law, International Law and the War in Ukraine, Dimitry V Kochenov and Elena Basheska (Central European University, Austria)
Postscriptum: Commission v Malta (Citizenship for Sale): Who of the Two is Selling European Values?, JHH Weiler (NYU Law School, USA)
Divertissement: Investment Citizenship: A Berlaymont Fantasia, Shah Guido (Senior European Commission)
Dimitry V Kochenov (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary), Madeleine Sumption (University of Oxford, UK) and Martijn van den Brink (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Part I: Investor Migration: Conceptualisation and Context
1. Citizenship by Investment and the Right to Change Nationality, William Thomas Worster
2. New Generation Skilled Migration Policies: Talent as Output, High Regard Guests and Citizens in Absentia, Francesca Strumia (City, University of London, UK)
3. Residency by Investment and Citizenship by Investment: Just the Tip of the Iceberg? The Pervasiveness of Meritocratic Considerations in Immigration and Citizenship Law, Odile Ammann (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
4. Race and Merit in the Context of Residency and Citizenship by Investment, Sarah Ganty (Yale Law School, USA)
Part II. LEGAL REGULATION: EMPIRICAL AND NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INVESTOR MIGRATION
5. Nottebohm and 'Genuine Link': Anatomy of a Jurisprudential Illusion, Peter J Spiro (Temple Law School, Philadelphia, USA)
6. State Autonomy versus 'Genuine Links': Nottebohm and Beyond, Matjaz Tratnik and Petra Weingerl (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
7. What are the Risks of Investment Migration? Going Beyond the Status Quo, Kristin Surak (London School of Economics, UK)
8. Legal Residence and Physical Presence: The Law and Practice of Naturalisation in EU Jurisdictions, Dimitry V Kochenov (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary) and Martijn van den Brink (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
9. Investor Citizenship Cartels, Residence by Investment Cartels and EU Competition Law, Gareth Davies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
10. Nothing to Hide? Transparency Requirements, Accountability and Privacy in Investment Migration, Jacquelyn D Veraldi (CEU Democracy Institute, Hungary) and Oskar J Gstrein (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
11. Can Investor Visas be Made to Work? Lessons from the United Kingdom and United States, Madeleine Sumption (University of Oxford, UK)
Part III: Investment Migration Regulation in Europe and the World
12. Wealth Influx, Wealth Exodus: Investment Migration from China to Portugal, Luuk van der Baaren (Copenhagen University, Denmark) and Hanwei Li (Yan'an University, China)
13. Investment Residence in Greece: Analysing the Attractiveness and Challenges of the Golden Visa Programme, Niovi Vavoula, University of Luxembourg, and Vasiliki Apatzidou (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
14. The Rise and Fall of Investment Immigration in Canada, Miriam Cohen (University of Montreal, Canada)
15. 'Internal' Investment Migration: The Case of Investment Migration from Mainland China to Hong Kong, Qishi Fu (China)
16. Will Virtual Become Real? Ten Years of the e-Residency Programme in Estonia, Vadim Poleshchuk (European Parliament, Belgium)
17. Foreign Nationality Acquisition in Late Imperial China: Change of Personal Status as Pathway to Opportunities and Personal Security, Sau Kong Lee (Hong Kong University)
Part IV: Investment Migration Conundrums in the European Union
18. Golden Passports: European Commission and European Parliament Reports Built on Quicksand, Hans Ulrich Jessurun d'Oliveira (European University Institute, Italy)
19. Investor Citizenship under EU Law: Recent Trends and Constitutional Implications, Daniel Sarmiento (Complutense University, Spain) and Guillermo Iniguez (University of Oxford, UK)
20. It's All about Blood, Baby! The EU's Attack against Investment Migration in the Context of EU Law, International Law and the War in Ukraine, Dimitry V Kochenov and Elena Basheska (Central European University, Austria)
Postscriptum: Commission v Malta (Citizenship for Sale): Who of the Two is Selling European Values?, JHH Weiler (NYU Law School, USA)
Divertissement: Investment Citizenship: A Berlaymont Fantasia, Shah Guido (Senior European Commission)