Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany : : Negotiating Membership and Remaking the Nation / / Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Douglas B. Klusmeyer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Klusmeyer, Douglas B.,; Papademetriou, Demetrios G.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 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 2 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 3 Germany inside the European Union -- Chapter 15 Reforming the Frameworks: The Maastricht Treaty and the Basic Law -- Chapter 16 The Restriction 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 4 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