Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany

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Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009 - History - 284 pages
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.
 

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Traditions of Nationhood in France and Germany
1
I THE INSTITUTION OF CITIZENSHIP
19
THE BOUNDS OF BELONGING
73
Conclusion
179
Notes
191
Bibliography
245
Index
267
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