Immigration policy in the Federal Republic of Germany : negotiating membership and remaking the nation / Douglas B. Klusmeyer and Demetrios G. Papademetriou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klusmeyer, Douglas B., 1957-

Contributor:

Papademetriou, Demetrios G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration law--Germany.

Emigration and immigration law.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

German migration policy now stands at a major crossroad, caught between a fifty-year history of missed opportunities and serious new challenges. Focusing on these new challenges that German policy makers face, the authors, both internationally recognized in this field, use historical argument, theoretical analysis, and empirical evaluation to advance a more nuanced understanding of recent initiatives and the implications of these initiatives. Their approach combines both synthesis and original research in a presentation that is not only accessible to the general educated reader but also addres

Contents:

Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I-Membership and the Basic Law; Chapter 1-The International Dimension; Chapter 2-The Federalist Dimension; Chapter 3-The Civic/Political Dimension; Chapter 4-The Social Dimension; Chapter 5-The Ethnonational Dimension; Chapter 6-Debating Concepts of National Membership; Chapter 7-Integration, National Identity, and the Quest for Homogeneity; Part II-Laying the Foundation for Managing Migration 1949-1990

Chapter 8-The Descent of the Aussiedler and the Politics of the German DiasporaChapter 9-The Federal Republic as German Hoeland; Chapter 10-A Tradition of Imported Labor; Chapter 11- Between Retreat and Reform; Chapter 12-Aliens Policy and the Federal Courts; Chapter 13-The FRG's International Refugee Challenge; Reunification; Part III-Germany Inside the European Union; Chapter 15- Reforming the Frameworks; Chapter 16-The Restriction of Asylum; Chapter 17-Rethinking Legacies; Chapter 18-Jewish Immigration; Chapter 19-Reforming German Citizenship Law; Chapter 20-Bilateral Agreements

Chapter 21-Temporary Labor Migration ProgramsChapter 22-The Amsterdam Treaty and the Emergent EU Migration Policy; Part IV-Germany Faces The Future; Chapter 23-Green Cards and Leitkultur; Chapter 24-Germany's and Europe's Demographic Dilemmas; Chapter 25-Embracing Immigration; Chapter 26-From Policy Vision to Legislative Reality; Chapter 27-Integration and the Migration Law; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-315) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-776-2

0-85745-626-1

1-282-62817-8

9786612628177

1-84545-969-5

OCLC:

645100720