Description
Book SynopsisProviding close analysis of themes such as belonging, economic impacts, and national security, Immigration Dialectic will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary discussions on immigration.
Trade Review'This book is relevant to the discussion of how to understand the increasing tendency among liberal democracies to impose civic integration requirements on the immigrant population such as language skills, nationality tests, and procedural commitment to liberal-democratic principles.' -- Marianne Takle Migration Studies - vol 2:01:2014
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION Chapter 1: Nation-Immigration Dialectic Chapter 2: Field of the Media Chapter 3: Immigration Debate in Canada and Germany PART II: IMMIGRATION DEBATE IN A SETTLER SOCIETY Chapter 4: Immigration as Danger Chapter 5: Humanitarian Immigration Chapter 6: Economic Utility PART III: IMMIGRATION DEBATE IN AN ETHNIC NATION Chapter 7: Nation of Wirtschaftswunder? Chapter 8: From Immigration to Integration Chapter 9: Refugees and Asylum Seekers Conclusion Epilogue: Towards a Critical Immigration Dialectic Appendix: Research Design Bibliography Index
