Conceptualizing and measuring citizenship and integration policy
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 48, Issue 14, p. 1905-1941
ISSN: 0010-4140
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 48, Issue 14, p. 1905-1941
ISSN: 0010-4140
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In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Volume 64, Issue 4, p. 659-698
ISSN: 1086-3338
Why have European states introduced mandatory integration requirements for citizenship and permanent residence? There are many studies comparing integration policy and examining the significance of what has been interpreted as a convergent and restrictive "civic turn," a "retreat from multiculturalism," and an "inevitable lightening of citizenship." None of these studies, however, has puzzled over the empirical diversity of integration policy design or presented systematic, comparative explanations for policy variation. This article is the first to develop an argument for what, in fact, amounts to a wealth of variation in civic integration policy (including scope, sequencing, and difficulty). Using a historical institutionalist approach, the author argues that states use mandatory integration to address different membership problems, which are shaped by both existing citizenship policy (whether it is inclusive or exclusive) and political pressure to change it (in other words, the politics of citizenship). She illustrates this argument by focusing on three case studies, applying the argument to a case of unchallenged restrictive retrenchment and continuity (Denmark), to a case of negotiated and thus moderated restriction (Germany), and to a case that recently exhibited both liberal continuity (the United Kingdom, 2001–6) and failed attempts at new restriction (the United Kingdom, 2006–10). These cases show that although states may converge around similar mandatory integration instruments, they may apply them for distinctly different reasons. As a result, new requirements augment rather than alter the major contours of national citizenship policy and the membership association it maintains.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 74, Issue 3, p. E34
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Volume 64, Issue 4, p. 659-698
ISSN: 0043-8871
Why have European states introduced mandatory integration requirements for citizenship and permanent residence? There are many studies comparing integration policy and examining the significance of what has been interpreted as a convergent and restrictive "civic turn," a "retreat from multiculturalism," and an "inevitable lightening of citizenship." None of these studies, however, has puzzled over the empirical diversity of integration policy design or presented systematic, comparative explanations for policy variation. This article is the first to develop an argument for what, in fact, amounts to a wealth of variation in civic integration policy (including scope, sequencing, and difficulty). Using a historical institutionalist approach, the author argues that states use mandatory integration to address different membership problems, which are shaped by both existing citizenship policy (whether it is inclusive or exclusive) and political pressure to change it (in other words, the politics of citizenship). She illustrates this argument by focusing on three case studies, applying the argument to a case of unchallenged restrictive retrenchment and continuity (Denmark), to a case of negotiated and thus moderated restriction (Germany), and to a case that recently exhibited both liberal continuity (the United Kingdom, 2001-6) and failed attempts at new restriction (the United Kingdom, 2006-10). These cases show that although states may converge around similar mandatory integration instruments, they may apply them for distinctly different reasons. As a result, new requirements augment rather than alter the major contours of national citizenship policy and the membership association it maintains. (World Politics / SWP)
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In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 173-186
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Volume 74, Issue 3, p. e34-e35
ISSN: 0022-3816
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In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 173-186
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 173-186
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: West European politics, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 235-255
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: West European politics, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 235-255
ISSN: 0140-2382
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In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 36, Issue 5, p. 753-772
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 36, Issue 5, p. 753-772
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Journal of political & military sociology, Volume 36, Issue 2, p. 302-303
ISSN: 0047-2697
In: German politics and society, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 99-110
ISSN: 1558-5441
Deniz Göktürk, David Gramling, and Anton Kaes, eds., Germany In Transit: Nation and Migration 1955-2005 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007)Anthony Messina, The Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
In: German politics and society, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 99-110
ISSN: 1045-0300, 0882-7079