The changing faces of citizenship : integration and political mobilization among ethnic minorities in Germany / Joyce Marie Mushaben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mushaben, Joyce Marie, 1952-

Series:

Monographs in German history ; v. 21.

Monographs in German history ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Germany.

Citizenship.

Assimilation (Sociology)--Germany.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Minorities--Political activity--Germany.

Minorities.

Emigration and immigration law--Germany.

Emigration and immigration law.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In contrast to most migration studies that focus on specific "foreigner" groups in Germany, this study simultaneously compares and contrasts the legal, political, social, and economic opportunity structures facing diverse categories of the ethnic minorities who have settled in the country since the 1950s. It reveals the contradictory, and usually self-defeating, nature of German policies intended to keep "migrants" out-allegedly in order to preserve a German Leitkultur (with which very few of its own citizens still identify). The main barriers to effective integration-and socioeconomic revital

Contents:

The Changing Faces of Citizenship; CONTENTS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION. EXPLAINING THE PARADIGM SHIFT IN GERMAN CITIZENSHIP LAW; CHAPTER 1. CITIZENSHIP, NATIONALITY, IDENTITY; CHAPTER 2. THE INVISIBLE MAN (AND WOMAN); CHAPTER 3. BLOOD VERSUS BIRTHPLACE; CHAPTER 4. CHANGING PLACES,TEMPORARY FACES; CHAPTER 5. LEARNING-BY-DOING; CHAPTER 6. CHICKEN OR EGG?; CHAPTER 7. MULTICULTURALISM FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM; APPENDIX. INTERVIEW PARTNERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319] - 336) and index.

ISBN:

9781845454685

1845454685

9780857450388

0857450387

OCLC:

751694574