Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany - Softcover

Brubaker, Rogers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674131789 ISBN 13: 9780674131781

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The difference between French and German definitions of citizenship is instructive―and, for immigrants from North Africa, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, decisive. Brubaker shows how this difference―between the territorial basis of the French citizenry and German emphasis on blood descent―was shaped by sharply differing understandings of nationhood.

About this title

About the Author:

Rogers Brubaker is Professor of Sociology and UCLA Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Review:

“Learned, shrewd, and demanding.”―Foreign Affairs

“[A] concise and elegant comparison of the national identities of France and Germany, and the citizenship policies that flow from them... Brubaker’s excellent study is the best available guide to the intellectual background of the current crisis in German self-identity.”―Michael Ignatieff, New Republic

“Brubaker’s extremely timely book traces the history of citizenship―legal status, heartfelt identity―in France and Germany. Each nation had, and still has, a very different idea of citizenship... Brubaker is erudite and clear, and keeps an acutely open mind-no easy thing in these murky waters.”―Village Voice Literary Supplement

“Brubaker brilliantly integrates institutional and cultural analysis. His focus on immigrants and citizenship in France and Germany makes a compelling case for understanding modern national states not only as organizations but also as associations of members.”―Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0674131789
• ISBN 13: 9780674131781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288