Mobilbity + Democracy = Fluid Citizenship?Mobilizacija + demokracija = tekučee graždanstvo)

After almost half a century of socialist enterprise-state that replaced rights by privileges and made out of conditional migration from village to city a powerful instrument of domination, countries like Bulgaria have found themselves in the complex geometry of the EU. Almost 2 million persons a year over a population of 7 are in permanent motion, working abroad, studying, coming back, investing, leaving again. This fluid state of society does not seem to be a transitional phenomenon. It implies living a double life, having double (or even multiple) standards about rights, liberties, social welfare, culture, etc. In some cases, as with the Turkish minorities considerable populations have double political citizenship rights.

I will reflect the new challenges to the notion of citizenship (perceived broadly as participation and competence) arising from the fragmentation of the nation and the end of territory.