Under a new flag? Defining citizenship in New Caledonia

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Title: Under a new flag? Defining citizenship in New Caledonia
Author(s): Maclellan, Nic
Abstract: In October 2009, the French government launched a ‘grand debate on national identity’. Through the Ministry of Immigration and National Identity, the government set up a website asking ‘For you, what does it mean to be French?’. This initiative sought community perspectives on citizenship in an age of globalisation and migration into Europe from Africa, the Maghreb and Mashreq. It also came at a time when France, Belgium and Switzerland were engaged in debates over Islam and the banning of the burqa, hijab and mosque minarets. But this debate over nationality, identity and citizenship also raises significant issues for people living in France’s overseas dependencies. What does citizenship mean for people in the Pacific islands colonised by France—New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia? [Introduction]
Publication type: Discussion paper
Source: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, SSGM Discussion paper 2010/2
Publication year: 2010
Keyword(s): Citizenship; National identity; Nationality; New Caledonia
Publisher: Australian National University
ISSN: 1328-7854
Publisher URL: http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/ssgm/
Peer reviewed