Immigration and membership politics in Western Europe /
Goodman, Sara Wallace, 1979-
Immigration and membership politics in Western Europe / Sara Wallace Goodman. - xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Membership matters: concept precision and state identity; 2. Identifying empirical variation in civic-integration policies; 3. Explaining civic-integration diversity: citizenship and government orientation; 4. Examining context: Austria and Denmark; 5. Examining politics: Germany and the UK; 6. Examining interactions and processes: the Netherlands and France; 7. External dimensions of civic integration: requirements for entry; Conclusion: the anchoring of citizenship; Appendix I. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); Appendix II. Other indices for civic-integration policy and calculated correlations; Appendix III. Citizenship indicator scores.
"Why are traditional nation-states newly defining membership and belonging? In the twenty-first century, several Western European states have attached obligatory civic-integration requirements as conditions for citizenship and residence, which include promoting language proficiency, country knowledge, and value commitments for immigrants. This book examines civic-integration-policy adoption and adaptation through both medium-N analysis and three paired comparisons to argue that while there is convergence in instruments, there is also significant divergence in policy purpose, design, and outcomes"--
9781107063143 (hardback)
2014027831
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--European Union countries.
Social integration--Government policy--European Union countries.
Citizenship--European Union countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV7590 / .G66 2014
325.4
Immigration and membership politics in Western Europe / Sara Wallace Goodman. - xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Membership matters: concept precision and state identity; 2. Identifying empirical variation in civic-integration policies; 3. Explaining civic-integration diversity: citizenship and government orientation; 4. Examining context: Austria and Denmark; 5. Examining politics: Germany and the UK; 6. Examining interactions and processes: the Netherlands and France; 7. External dimensions of civic integration: requirements for entry; Conclusion: the anchoring of citizenship; Appendix I. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); Appendix II. Other indices for civic-integration policy and calculated correlations; Appendix III. Citizenship indicator scores.
"Why are traditional nation-states newly defining membership and belonging? In the twenty-first century, several Western European states have attached obligatory civic-integration requirements as conditions for citizenship and residence, which include promoting language proficiency, country knowledge, and value commitments for immigrants. This book examines civic-integration-policy adoption and adaptation through both medium-N analysis and three paired comparisons to argue that while there is convergence in instruments, there is also significant divergence in policy purpose, design, and outcomes"--
9781107063143 (hardback)
2014027831
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--European Union countries.
Social integration--Government policy--European Union countries.
Citizenship--European Union countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
JV7590 / .G66 2014
325.4