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

Author
Mushaben, Joyce Marie, 1952- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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New York : Berghahn Books, ©2008.
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xii, 348 pages ; 24 cm.

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    • "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 revitalization in general - sooner lie in the country's obsolete labor market regulations and bureaucratic procedures.
    • Drawing on local case studies, personal interviews, and national surveys, the author describes "the human faces" behind official citizenship and integration practices in Germany, and in doing so demonstrates that average citizens are much more multi-cultural than they realize."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [319] - 336) and index.
    Contents
    • Citizenship, nationality, identity: community interfacing reconsidered
    • The invisible man (and woman): permanently provisional guestworkers
    • Blood versus birthplace: ethnic-German 'resettlers' from east/central Europe
    • Changing places, temporary faces: religion, refugees, and diasporas
    • Learning-by-doing : ethnic enclaves and economic integration in Berlin
    • Chicken or egg? Citizenship, social integration, and political participation
    • Multiculturalism for a new millennium: citizenship with a human face.
    ISBN
    • 9781845454531 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1845454537 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781845454685 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1845454685 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2008020325
    OCLC
    184829195
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