German migration policy now stands at a major crossroad, caught between a fifty-year history of missed opportunities and serious new challenges. Focusing on these new challenges that German policy makers face, the authors, both internationally recognized in this field, use historical argument, theoretical analysis, and empirical evaluation to advance a more nuanced understanding of recent initiatives and the implications of these initiatives. Their approach combines both synthesis and original research in a presentation that is not only accessible to the general educated reader but also addresses the concerns of academic scholars and policy analysts. This important volume offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the history of German migration law and policy from the Federal Republic's inception in 1949 to the present.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: MEMBERSHIP AND THE BASIC LAW

Chapter 1. The International Dimension
Chapter 2. The Federalist Dimension
Chapter 3. The Civic/Political Dimension
Chapter 4. The Social Dimension
Chapter 5. The Ethnonational Dimension
Chapter 6. Debating Concepts of National Membership
Chapter 7. Integration, National Identity, and the Quest for Homogeneity

PART II: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR MANAGING MIGRATION, 1949-1990

Chapter 8. The Descent of the Aussiedler and the Politics of the German Diaspora
Chapter 9. The Federal Republic as German Homeland
Chapter 10. A Tradition of Imported Labor
Chapter 11. Between Retreat and Reform: Naturalization Laws and the Challenge of Integration
Chapter 12. Aliens Policy and the Federal Courts
Chapter 13. The FRG's International Refugee Challenge
Chapter 14. Reunification: Triumph and Tragedy

PART III: GERMANY INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION

Chapter 15. Reforming the Frameworks: The Maastricht Treaty and The Basic Law
Chapter 16. The Regulation of Asylum
Chapter 17. Rethinking Legacies: The New Aussiedler Policy
Chapter 18. Jewish Immigration: Contesting and Confirming Germany's Policies toward Immigrants
Chapter 19. Reforming German Citizenship Law
Chapter 20. Bilateral Agreements
Chapter 21. Temporary Labor Migration Programs
Chapter 22. The Amsterdam Treaty and the Emergent EU Migration Policy

PART IV: GERMANY FACES THE FUTURE: NEW INITIATIVES, OLD HABITS

Chapter 23. Green Cards and Leitkultur
Chapter 24. Germany's and Europe's Demographic Dilemmas
Chapter 25. Embracing Immigration: Laying the Foundation for a New Policy
Chapter 26. From Policy Vision to Legislative Reality: The Making of the 2005 Migration Law
Chapter 27. Integration and the Migration law

Conclusion: Negotiating Difference and Belonging in Today's Germany

Selected Bibliography
Index

Douglas B. Klusmeyer teaches in the Department of Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, DC. He has both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. Previously, he was the codirector of the Carnegie Endowment's Comparative Citizenship Project and an associate with the Endowment's International Migration Policy Program. His publications focus on migration, citizenship, political ethics, and international politics.