Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany

Negotiating Membership and Remaking the Nation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-611-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

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 addresses the concerns of academic scholars and policy analysts. This important volume offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the history of German migration law and policy from the Federal Republic’s inception in 1949 to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klusmeyer, Douglas B.

Papademetriou, Demetrios G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

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 Diaspora

Chapter 9. The Federal Republic as German Homeland

Chapter 10. A Tradition of Imported Labor

Chapter 11. Between Retreat and Reform: Naturalization Laws and the Challenge of Integration

Chapter 12. Aliens Policy and the Federal Courts

Chapter 13. The FRG’s International Refugee Challenge

Chapter 14. Reunification: Triumph and Tragedy

PART III: GERMANY INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION

Chapter 15. Reforming the Frameworks: The Maastricht Treaty and The Basic Law

Chapter 16. The Regulation of Asylum

Chapter 17. Rethinking Legacies: The New Aussiedler Policy

Chapter 18. Jewish Immigration: Contesting and Confirming Germany’s Policies toward Immigrants

Chapter 19. Reforming German Citizenship Law

Chapter 20. Bilateral Agreements

Chapter 21. Temporary Labor Migration Programs

Chapter 22. The Amsterdam Treaty and the Emergent EU Migration Policy

PART IV: GERMANY FACES THE FUTURE: NEW INITIATIVES, OLD HABITS

Chapter 23. Green Cards and Leitkultur

Chapter 24. Germany’s and Europe’s Demographic Dilemmas

Chapter 25. Embracing Immigration: Laying the Foundation for a New Policy

Chapter 26. From Policy Vision to Legislative Reality: The Making of the 2005 Migration Law

Chapter 27. Integration and the Migration law

Conclusion: Negotiating Difference and Belonging in Today’s Germany

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Klusmeyer, Douglas B.
Douglas B. Klusmeyer teaches in the Department of Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, DC. He has both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. Previously, he was the codirector of the Carnegie Endowment’s Comparative Citizenship Project and an associate with the Endowment’s International Migration Policy Program. His publications focus on migration, citizenship, political ethics, and international politics.

Papademetriou, Demetrios G.
Demetrios G. Papademetriou is President and Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a Washington-based think tank dedicated exclusively to the study of international migration. He is also President of Migration Policy Institute Europe, a nonprofit, independent research institute in Brussels that aims to promote a better understanding of migration trends and effects within Europe; and serves on MPI Europe’s Administrative Council.  He is also the convener of the Transatlantic Council on Migration, which is composed of senior public figures, business leaders, and public intellectuals from Europe, the United States, and Canada. He also convenes and co-directs the Regional Migration Study Group, an MPI and Woodrow Wilson Center-convened initiative that in 2013 will propose new regional and collaborative approaches to migration, competitiveness, and human-capital development for the United States, Mexico and Central America.

Douglas B. Klusmeyer teaches in the Department of Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, DC. He has both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. Previously, he was the codirector of the Carnegie Endowment’s Comparative Citizenship Project and an associate with the Endowment’s International Migration Policy Program. His publications focus on migration, citizenship, political ethics, and international politics.