The changing faces of citizenship : integration and political mobilization among ethnic minorities in Germany /: integration and political mobilization among ethnic minorities in Germany. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joyce Marie Mushaben.
• Other Names: Mushaben, Joyce Marie, 1952-
• Contents: Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements Introduction: Explaining the Paradigm Shift in German Citizenship Law German Citizenship in Transition Theoretical and Empirical Parameters of the Study Methodological Framework(s) Chapter 1. Citizenship, Nationality, Identity: Community Interfacing Reconsidered Demographics, Globalization, and Competitiveness Concepts of Incorporation Thinking Globally, Integrating Locally Paradigm Shifts: Citizenship Reform, 1999-2004 The Argument: Citizenship Equals ??? Chapter 2. The Invisible Man (and Woman): Permanently Provisional Guestworkers Labor Recruitment and the Economic Miracle of the 1960s Family Unification and the Myth of Return in the 1970s From Ausländer to Inländer: Generational Dynamics of the 1980s and 1990s Missing Links: Gender and Generational Change Dual Nationality or Divided Identities? Chapter 3. Blood versus Birthplace: German "Resettlers" The Right of Return: Integration Successes of the 1950s and 1960s Peaceful Coexistence : Eastern Resettlers of the 1970s and 1980s Post-Soviet "Others": Integration Failures of the 1990s Female "Birds of Passage": Dequalification and Redomestication A Lost Generation: Aussiedler Youth You can never go home again and Other Identity Conundrums Chapter 4. Changing Places, Temporary Faces: Religion, Refugees and Diasporas Political Legacies, Contingency Refugees and "Little Asylum" Jewish Quota Refugees as Honorary Germans Bosnians, Kosovars and "Temporary" Asylum Fundamentalism and Islamic Diaspora Communities The Taliban Effect: Addressing Gender-Specific Persecution The Integration of Permanently "Provisional" Refugees Chapter 5. Learning-by-Doing: Ethnic Enclaves in Berlin Cultivating the Ethnic Economy in Modell Deutschland Turkish Delight: From Guest to Gourmet in the Döner-Capital Self-Made Men: Success Stories of the "One-and-a-Half" Generation Self-Made Women: Building a Room-of-their-Own in Berlin Leaving La Dolce Vita: Italian Workers and their Discontents From Bakers to Breadwinners: Italian Women How Transnational Italians Tamed the Toscana-Faction Mobility without Migration: Polish Grenzgänger as the New Guestworkers Parallel Societies: Poles in Berlin Mixed Embeddedness: Urban Citizenship through Economic Integration Chapter 6. Chicken or Egg? Political Participation and Social Integration Social Capital and (Self-)Interest Organizations Cross-Border Comparisons and "Best Practices" The Netherlands Britain, Sweden and Denmark Do-It-Yourself Political Mobilization Activist Faces in Intercultural Spaces Integration through Participation: Citizenship at Last! To be or not to be German? Youth Identification Claims-Making and EU Citizenship: Rights without Representation Chapter 7. Multiculturalism for a New Millennium: Citizenship with a Human Face The Quality of Life in Multi-Cultural Cities: Best Practices Putting the "R" back into Integration: Islam in the City Educating for Citizenship: Islam in the Classroom Religious Veil or Political Smokescreen? The Headscarf Debate It's a generational thing! It's a gender thing! It's a German identity thing! Re-assessing the Democratic Deficit in Europe Conclusion: Beyond Repressive Tolerance Appendix: Interview Partners Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages)
• Subjects: 305.9/069120943; Citizenship -- Germany; Assimilation (Sociology) -- Germany; Minorities -- Political activity -- Germany; Emigration and immigration law -- Germany; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General; Assimilation (Sociology); Citizenship; Emigration and immigration law; Ethnic relations; Minorities -- Political activity; Germany -- Ethnic relations; Germany; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857450388; 0857450387
• Related ISBNs: 9781845454531; 9781845454685
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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