One word shapes a nation : integration politics in Germany / Johanna Schuster-Craig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuster-Craig, Johanna, author.

Series:

German and European studies ; Volume 53.

German and European Studies ; Volume 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Germany.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy--Germany.

Minorities--Government policy--Germany.

Minorities.

Social integration--Political aspects--Germany.

Social integration.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2024]

Summary:

One Word Shapes a Nationexamines the cultural, political, social, and economic influences on German integration politics, the field of public policy that shapes attitudes toward immigrants and refugees.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Integration Politics

Part I. Polemic and Scandal: How Integration Became a Household Word

1 Demanding Integration

2 Failed Integration

3 (Un)integrable Subjects: White Supremacy and Neoliberal Ideology

Part II. Historical Origins: The Emergence of Integration Politics

4 Integration and Ethnic Similarities

5 Constructing the Integrative Apparatus

6 How the Integrative Apparatus Expands

7 One German State, One (Integrated) German Nation

Part III. 2015: Refugee Resettlement and Right-Wing Extremism

8 "Muslims Who Integrate Themselves": Integration and the Extreme Right1

9 The 2016 Integration Act

Epilogue: Subjectivity within the Integrative Apparatus

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Series List.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781487551186

1487551185