Policy Frames on Spousal Migration in Germany - Regulating Membership, Regulating the Family

Laura Block asks how liberal democracies manage torestrict migration in spite of liberal constraints. She analyses the politicaldebates surrounding spousal migration policies from 2005-2010 in Germany andreveals government strategies that restrict spousal migration while stayingwithin the discursive realm of individual rights. By circumscribing andscrutinising both the membership status necessary to access the right to familyprotection and the family ties in question, restricting spousal migration islegitimised.

List of contents

A theoretical framework for the analysis of spousalmigration policies.- Empiricaland legal realities of spousal migration to Germany.- TheEuropean dimension of family migration policies.- Politicaland institutional frames on spousal migration.- The "other" side: transnational couples' andmigrant advocates' perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Block
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2016
• EAN: 9783658132958
• ISBN: 978-3-658-13295-8
• No. of pages: 335
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 21 mm x 209 mm
• Weight: 473 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 335 p. 3 illus.
• Series: Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Migration, C, Family, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Sociology: family & relationships, Public Administration, Public Policy, Family Law, families, Emigration and immigration, Families—Social aspects