Immigration and the nation-state : the United States, Germany, and Great Britain / Christian Joppke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joppke, Christian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Germany.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Great Britain.

Citizenship--United States.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Germany.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Great Britain.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparing the postwar politics of immigration control and integration in the US, Germany, and Great Britain, set against diagnoses of nation-states diminished by globalization and international human rights regimes and discourses, the author argues that nation-states have proved remarkably resilient, at least in the face of immigration.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1.Immigration and the Nation-State""; ""PART I: EMBATTLED ENTRY""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""2. A Nation of Immigrants Again: The United States""; ""3. Not a Country of Immigration: Germany""; ""4. The Zero-Immigration Country: Great Britain""; ""PART II: MULTICULTURAL INTEGRATION""; ""Introduction to Part II""; ""5. �Race� Attacks the Melting-Pot: The United States""; ""6. From Postnational Membership to Citizenship: Germany""; ""7. Between Citizenship and Race: Great Britain""; ""8. Conclusion: Resilient Nation-States""; ""Notes""

""Appendix: Interviews""""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-159957-3

1-281-98939-8

9786611989392

0-19-152224-4

OCLC:

58832338