Perspectives on the implementation gap in citizenship policy.

The article discusses the implementation gap in citizenship policy, focusing on the discrepancies between the principles outlined in laws and regulations and their actual application in practice. It highlights the importance of understanding how citizenship policies are applied in real-world scenarios, emphasizing the impact of implementation gaps on migrants' access to citizenship rights. The authors explore various sources of implementation gaps, such as poorly designed policies, insufficient resources, administrative incompleteness, and defective bureaucracies. The collection of articles included in the study provides empirical evidence and methodological insights to better understand and address implementation gaps in citizenship policy. [Extracted from the article]