History Of Italian Citizenship
This article deals primarily with the nature of Italian citizenship from the time of unification to the present. It is concerned with the civil, political, and social rights and obligations of Italian nationals and addresses how these rights and obligations have been changed or manipulated throughout the last two centuries.
Read more about History Of Italian Citizenship: Italian National Identity Before 1861, First Constitution, Italy After Fascism, Modern Italian Constitutional Distinctiveness, Language Rights and Discrimination in Italian National History, Civil Law, Bibliography
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