Challenge to the Nation-State: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States

by Christian Joppke

Overview

This volume collects recent research by some of the world's leading figures in the fast-growing area of immigration studies. Relating the study of immigration to other, wider processes of social change, the book focuses on two key areas in which nation-states are being challenged by this phenomenon: sovereignty and citizenship. Separate clusters of scholarship have evolved around both areas, and this work attempts to unite these camps, sorting out the many contrasting views on the influences of immigration upon the state's authority and integrity. Focusing on the issue of sovereignty in the first section, and then on citizenship in the second, this compelling new study seeks to clarify the central stakes and opposing positions in this debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198292296
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/23/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

European University Institute

Editorial Reviews

"It...provides a much needed antidote to fears fuelled by theorizing that the national state has become a residual variable in matters concerning international migration."—Political Science Quarterly

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