Citizenship and nationhood in France and Germany /
Brubaker, Rogers 1956-
Citizenship and nationhood in France and Germany / Rogers Brubaker. - Cambridge, Mass ; London : Harvard University Press, 1992. - xii, 270 p. : tables ; 25 cm.
The difference between French and German definitions of citizenship is instructive - and, for millions of immigrants from North Africa, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, decisive. Brubaker explores this difference - between the territorial basis of the French citizenry and the German emphasis on blood descent - and shows how it translates into rights and restrictions for millions of would-be French and German citizens. Why French citizenship is territorially inclusive, and German citizenship ethnically exclusive, becomes clear in Brubaker's historical account of distinctive French and German paths to nation-statehood. Two fundamental legal principles of national citizenship emerge from this analysis, leading Brubaker to broad and original observations on the constitution of the modern state.
0674131770(alk. paper)(cloth) 0674131789(pbk.)
Citizenship--France
Citizenship--Germany
Naturalization--France
Naturalization--Germany
Nationalism--France
Nationalism--Germany
Nationality
Civil and political rights
Democracy
323.60944
Citizenship and nationhood in France and Germany / Rogers Brubaker. - Cambridge, Mass ; London : Harvard University Press, 1992. - xii, 270 p. : tables ; 25 cm.
The difference between French and German definitions of citizenship is instructive - and, for millions of immigrants from North Africa, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, decisive. Brubaker explores this difference - between the territorial basis of the French citizenry and the German emphasis on blood descent - and shows how it translates into rights and restrictions for millions of would-be French and German citizens. Why French citizenship is territorially inclusive, and German citizenship ethnically exclusive, becomes clear in Brubaker's historical account of distinctive French and German paths to nation-statehood. Two fundamental legal principles of national citizenship emerge from this analysis, leading Brubaker to broad and original observations on the constitution of the modern state.
0674131770(alk. paper)(cloth) 0674131789(pbk.)
Citizenship--France
Citizenship--Germany
Naturalization--France
Naturalization--Germany
Nationalism--France
Nationalism--Germany
Nationality
Civil and political rights
Democracy
323.60944