Overview
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain migration has become one of the major issues facing the new Germany. More than 20 million people have settled in Germany since the Second World War, yet officially Germany continues to consider itself a “non-immigration country.” One result of this is that neither coherent policies nor clear institutional channels to deal with the different aspects of migration have been developed. This book is firstly to establishes the fundamental economic, social, and security implications of this in-migration.
Synopsis
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain migration has become one of the major issues facing the new Germany. More than 20 million people have settled in Germany since the Second World War, yet officially Germany continues to consider itself a “non-immigration country.” One result of this is that neither coherent policies nor clear institutional channels to deal with the different aspects of migration have been developed. This book is firstly to establishes the fundamental economic, social, and security implications of this in-migration.
Booknews
The end of the Cold War and reunification having replaced Germany at the hub of Europe in many dimensions, Marshall explores how the issue of migration has recently been acting as a catalyst for a certain maturing process in the country's political culture. She goes beyond that, however, to look as well as the impact of migration on the wider German society. She begins by looking for data to back up the official depiction of immigrants flooding the country, and the subsequent tightening of previously lax provisions. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)