Of States, Rights, and Social Closure
Subtitle: Governing Migration and Citizenship
Contributors: Oliver Schmidtke (Editor); Saime Ozcurumez (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780230600317
Subjects: Civics & Citizenship; Emigration & Immigration; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Citizenship; European Union countries; Minorities; North America; Politics/International Relations
Description: Increased levels of immigration sparked scholary and public debate about its consequences for immigrants, liberal democracies, sovereignty and rights in both Europe and North America. This book addresses questions such as: Do nation-states act to facilitate or limit immigration and integration, how and why? How do nation-states themselves transform in understanding and interpreting rights respond to immigration? Does the European Union make a difference in terms of how immigrants are perceived or how they act as stakeholders in liberal democracies? Through a collection of rich theoretical and empirical contributions diverse and intriguing responses are provided with case studies from Europe and North America.