| No 15
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Migration and Ethnicity in a Non-Immigration Country: Foreigners in a United Germany |
| Institution |
Technische Universitat Berlin: D-1000 12 Federal Republic of Germany |
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Publication (Journal) |
New Community 18 no. 1 (October 1991): 49-62 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1991 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
Linguistic distinctions between social categories of migrants, their legal rights, and their access to membership that follow are examined within the content of a reunified Germany. The return of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe has called into question the legitimacy of guestworker minorities, especially Turks and Yugoslavs. The resulting duality in the rights and policies for the two migrant groups (guestworkers and their descendants vs. ethnic Germans) is elaborated through a review of demographic trends and a discussion of the debate on the need for new immigrants. The ideological roots of this duality in policy discourse are contended to be the same ones that inspired the Nazi regime to require proof of German kinship for citizenship. It is argued that reunification seems to have refueled the "Germany for Germans" mentality because of unresolved historical issues tied to ideology and the consequences of WWII. |
| Discipline(s) |
demography
, human biology
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