Immigration Dialectic: Imagining Community, Economy, and Nation by Harald Bauder

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Providing close analysis of themes such as belonging, economic impacts, and national security, Immigration Dialectic will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary discussions on immigration.

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Immigration is an integral part of national identity in settler societies such as Canada. But in countries where identity is defined more in ethnic terms, such as Germany, the presence of immigrants has only recently begun to be acknowledged. Taking these two countries as case studies, Immigration Dialectic explores the impact of immigration on national identity as imagined through media-based discourse.Harald Bauder argues that while both countries rely on negative depictions of immigrants to construct a positive image of the self, the ways in which Canada and Germany construct national identity in relation to representations of immigrants are significantly different. Bauder introduces a sophisticated framework of Hegelian dialectics for the growing interdisciplinary literature regarding media perspectives on immigration and national identity. Providing close analysis of themes such as belonging, economic impacts, and national security, Immigration Dialectic will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary discussions on immigration.

Author Biography

Harald Bauder is an associate professor in the Graduate Program in Immigrant and Settlement Studies and the Department of Geography at Ryerson University.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITY FORMATIONChapter 1: Nation-Immigration DialecticChapter 2: Field of the MediaChapter 3: Immigration Debate in Canada and GermanyPART II: IMMIGRATION DEBATE IN A SETTLER SOCIETYChapter 4: Immigration as DangerChapter 5: Humanitarian ImmigrationChapter 6: Economic UtilityPART III: IMMIGRATION DEBATE IN AN ETHNIC NATIONChapter 7: Nation of Wirtschaftswunder?Chapter 8: From Immigration to IntegrationChapter 9: Refugees and Asylum SeekersConclusionEpilogue: Towards a Critical Immigration DialecticAppendix: Research DesignBibliographyIndex

Review

'This book is relevant to the discussion of how to understand the increasing tendency among liberal democracies to impose civic integration requirements on the immigrant population such as  language skills, nationality tests, and procedural commitment to liberal-democratic principles.' -- Marianne Takle * Migration Studies – vol 2:01:2014 *

Long Description

Immigration is an integral part of national identity in settler societies such as Canada. But in countries where identity is defined more in ethnic terms, such as Germany, the presence of immigrants has only recently begun to be acknowledged. Taking these two countries as case studies, Immigration Dialectic explores the impact of immigration on national identity as imagined through media-based discourse. Harald Bauder argues that while both countries rely on negative depictions of immigrants to construct a positive image of the self, the ways in which Canada and Germany construct national identity in relation to representations of immigrants are significantly different. Bauder introduces a sophisticated framework of Hegelian dialectics for the growing interdisciplinary literature regarding media perspectives on immigration and national identity. Providing close analysis of themes such as belonging, economic impacts, and national security, Immigration Dialectic will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary discussions on immigration.

Review Quote

'This book is relevant to the discussion of how to understand the increasing tendency among liberal democracies to impose civic integration requirements on the immigrant population such as

Details ISBN144261076X Author Harald Bauder Short Title IMMIGRATION DIALECTIC Publisher University of Toronto Press Language English ISBN-10 144261076X ISBN-13 9781442610767 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 336 Imprint University of Toronto Press Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada DEWEY 304.82 Illustrations 5 Figures Birth 1969 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-11-19 UK Release Date 2011-11-19 Subtitle Imagining Community, Economy, and Nation Alternative 9781442641617 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2011-11-20 We've got this

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