Citizenship and Nationhood in France and GermanyThe difference between French and German definitions of citizenship is instructive—and, for millions of immigrants from North Africa, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, decisive. Rogers Brubaker shows how this difference—between the territorial basis of the French citizenry and the German emphasis on blood descent—was shaped and sustained by sharply differing understandings of nationhood, rooted in distinctive French and German paths to nation-statehood. |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administrative Algerian assimilation assimilationist attribution automatically become birth born in France central century citizenry citizens citizenship law civic claim closure conception concern Constitution continued cultural debate defined definition distinction dual early Eastern economic equality established ethnic Germans ethnocultural ethnonational Europe European exclusion expansive expressed fact foreigners formal français French citizenship French nationality German citizenship groups important inclusive increasing individual institution interest internal jus sanguinis jus soli legislative less liberal limited majority matter means membership migration military million nation-state nationalist nationhood naturalization noncitizens original parents particular parties percent period persons persons born Poles political poor population practice principle privileged proposal Prussian purely question quoted reform Reich remain Republican residence respect response restrictive rules second-generation immigrants self-understanding sense social status territorial tradition transformation understanding universal
Bibliographic information
| Title | Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany |
| Author | Rogers Brubaker |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0674252993, 9780674252998 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / France History / Europe / Germany Social Science / Sociology / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |