ForewordMichael IgnatieffCitizenship in Nativist TimesMenno Hurenkamp and Tamar de Waal‘I Have Consistently Found Differences to Be Smaller’ Interview With Jan Willem DuyvendakMenno Hurenkamp and Tamar de WaalPart 1. Nativism and NostalgiaNativism Past and Present: A View from the United StatesNancy FonerGod Terms and the Fragility of LiberalismJames M. JasperCitizenship, Nativism and Public Space: A Plea for the CityPhilip KasinitzThe Migrant, the Family, and the Rule of Law: On Migration Politics and AuthoritarianismSaskia BonjourHomogeneity, Harmony, Hierarchy: Nativist Nostalgia in the NetherlandsJosip KešićPart 2. Promises and Pitfalls of CitizenshipIn Search of a New Culture of CitizenshipTimothey StaceyTime for Citizenship: Temporal Practices of Migrants in the NetherlandsMinke Hajer, Zana Chadud Cosac, and Christian BröerCan Citizenship Break with its Past?Rogier van ReekumBetween Stigma and Moral Comfort : Engaging Men in Violence Prevention in Times of Sexual NationalismMischa DekkerRacialised Assimilationism, Cultural Citizenship, and Migrants’ Self-Denial of Racist ExperienceYannick Coenders and Sonia PlansonInformality and Everyday Citizenship : Belonging Through ‘Tolerantie’ and ‘Égalité’ in Marginalised Neighbourhoods in the Netherlands and FranceSimone van de WeteringResilience and the Politics of CitizenshipStefan DudinkPart 3. Politics of HomeThe Lost Home: Occupation, Domicide and the UncannyIdo de HaanHospitality, Xenophobia and the Politics of Home: Insights from GreeceApostolos AndrikopoulosRoots Are Made Not Given: On Home As a VerbBernike PasveerHome as a Sociological Matter : Promises and Pitfalls of a Concept for Majority–Minority Relations, and BeyondPaolo BoccagniPart 4. Moral and Emotional DividesReflections on the Experiences of “Homing”, Cultural Intimacy, and Recognition for the Study of Symbolic Boundaries and InequalityMichèle LamontCan a Second-Class Citizen Ever Belong?Halleh GhorashiPolarisation Between Distance and Proximity EthicsEvelien Tonkens and Tsjalling Swierstra(Un)Successful Crisis Mobilisation: Migration Versus Climate ChangeThijs van DooremalenPart 5. Social Institutions and the Welfare StateInstitutions, Belonging, and the Making of Citizenship in ContextsChristophe BertossiSocial Citizenship in Nativist Times : Is the Welfare State Under Pressure From Migration?Monique KremerHistory in the Making of Contemporary Social WorkThomas KampenFrontline Workers as Citizenship WhisperersImrat VerhoevenSome Notes on the Citizenship of Children and Immigrants : Culturalisation, CivilisationRineke van DaalenHome’s Best: Dutch Discourse on Care and Independent LivingDavid J. BosPart 6. Public SociologyReactionary Social MediaJustus UitermarkThree days in September: Belonging in academia in times of nativist attacksOlav VelthuisPolitical Freedom Rights for Citizens and Contemporary ToleranceKees SchuytThe Engaged Sociologist : Three Lessons From W.E.B. Du Bois on the Practice of Scholarship in Times of FascismJacob BoersemaAbout the AuthorsJan Willem DuyvendakPresenting a novel multidimensional framework of citizenship confronting the urgent challenges of populism and nativism.Over the past two decades, debates about diversity, belonging, and feeling at home have intensified significantly. A particularly prominent argument posits that growing diversity threatens societal cohesion, eroding citizens’ commitment to ideals such as solidarity and justice. Similarly widespread is the claim that various societal divides—between urban and rural populations, politicians and constituents, cosmopolitans and communitarians—are widening rapidly, leaving many feeling abandoned and disillusioned.As perceptions of deepening divides gain traction, citizenship has become a central site of political struggle. Populist and nativist forces increasingly dictate who counts as a ‘real’ citizen, often undermining democratic principles, the rule of law, and the welfare state. Citizenship—with all its perplexities—is the central focus of this collection. Through case studies and theoretical reflections, essays by well-established international experts explore the tensions and intersections among the political, social, cultural, and academic dimensions of citizenship. From rights and representation to social welfare and public discourse, the contributions question how citizenship is being restricted, reimagined, or reclaimed—and by whom.Engaging with current debates, this volume is essential reading on democracy, justice, and belonging amid populism, nativism, and (perceived) societal fragmentation.