Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany: Negotiating Membership and Remaking the Nation

German migration policy now stands at a major crossroad, caught between a fifty-year history of missed opportunities and serious new challenges. Focusing on these new challenges that German policy makers face, the authors, both internationally recognized in this field, use historical argument, theoretical analysis, and empirical evaluation to advance a more nuanced understanding of recent initiatives and the implications of these initiatives. Their approach combines both synthesis and original research in a presentation that is not only accessible to the general educated reader but also addresses the concerns of academic scholars and policy analysts. This important volume offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the history of German migration law and policy from the Federal Republic's inception in 1949 to the present.

Douglas Klusmeyer teaches in the Department of Justice, Law and Society at the American University, Washington, DC. He has both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. Previously, he was the co-director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Comparative Citizenship Project and an associate with the Endowment’s International Migration Policy Program. His publications focus on migration, citizenship, and international politics. Demetrios G. Papademetriou is the President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a Washington-based think tank dedicated exclusively to the study of international migration, and holds a PhD in Comparative Public Policy and International Relations. He has taught at the University of Maryland, Duke University, American University, and the New School for Social Research and held a wide range of senior positions, including chair of the Migration Committee of the Paris-based OECD; director for Immigration Policy and Research at the US Department of Labor and chair of the Secretary of Labor’s Immigration Policy Task Force; and executive editor of the International Migration Review. He has published more than two-hundred books, articles, monographs and research reports on migration topics and advises senior government and political party officials in more than twenty countries.