Citizenship, Nationality and Migration in Europe

✍ Scribed by David Cesarini

• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 236
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Throughout Europe longstanding ideas of what it means to be a citizen are being challenged. The sense of belonging to a nation has never been more in flux. Simultaneously, nationalistic and racist movements are gaining ground and barriers are being erected against immigration. This volume examines how concepts of citizenship have evolved in different countries and varying contexts. It explores the interconnection between ideas of the nation, modes of citizenship and the treatment of migrants. Adopting a multi-disciplinary and international approach, this collection brings together experts from several fields including political studies, history, law and sociology. By juxtaposing four European countries - Britain, France, Germany and Italy - and setting current trends against a historical background, it highlights important differences and exposes similarities in the urgent questions surrounding citizenship and the treatment of minorities in Europe today.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on the contributors......Page 8
List of tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
CHANGING CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE: REMARKS ON POSTNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND THE NATIONAL STATE......Page 28
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF CITIZENSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 41
THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY IN BRITAIN......Page 68
NATIONALITIES AND CITIZENSHIPS: THE LESSONS OF THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE FOR GERMANY AND EUROPE......Page 85
GERMANY FOR THE GERMANS? CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY IN A DIVIDED NATION......Page 99
ITALY BETWEEN EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF CITIZENSHIP......Page 117
THE SPICE OF LIFE? ETHNIC DIFFERENCE, POLITICS AND CULTURE IN MODERN BRITAIN......Page 136
THE REVENGE OF CIVIL SOCIETY: STATE, NATION AND SOCIETY IN FRANCE......Page 157
MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND ETHNIC PLURALITY AS ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND POLITICAL DEBATES IN (WEST) GERMANY......Page 170
THE NORTHERN LEAGUE: CHANGING FRIENDS AND FOES AND ITS POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 220
Index......Page 229