Immigration as a Democratic Challenge - Citizenship and Inclusion in Germany and the United States

Examining Germany and the United States, this book argues that immigration policy in Western democracies is unjust and undemocratic.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A democratic challenge; 3. Fair to whom?; 4. Safeguarding liberal democracy from itself; 5. Inclusion without consent; 6. Keeping nationality relevant; 7. The constitutional debate in the United States; 8. The constitutional debate in Germany; 9. Summary and final remarks.

Summary

Immigration raises a number of important moral issues regarding access to the rights and privileges of citizenship. Examining the constitutional practice of Germany and the United States, this book argues that immigration policy in most Western democracies is unjust and undemocratic, and that policy should be far more inclusive.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Rubio-Marin, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Rubio-Mar¿ Ruth
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2000
• EAN: 9780521777704
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77770-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples