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The Impact of Immigration Policies & Integration Programs on Multicultural Identity in Germany

Author : Laila Bernice Schneider Gossens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Immigration Policies & Integration Programs on Multicultural Identity in Germany written by Laila Bernice Schneider Gossens and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussed against the background of current political developments and attitudes in Germany, the following research examines what roles immigration policies and locally implemented integration programs play in the development of immigrant identity in Germany. Further, this thesis illustrates how these policies and programs can effectively lead to a new conscious understanding of multiculturalism. Germany has created a society where the cultures of immigrants and autochthonous Germans do not intersect, thus creating separate entities that exist in a parallel reality. Immigrants face the dilemma of maintaining their ethnic sense of identity while simultaneously adapting to the cultural and political norms in their host country. This thesis argues that immigration policies and integration programs in Germany can - if structured and implemented based on long term concepts- motivate immigrants to feel a stronger cultural connection to their host country without weakening Germany's existing culture and traditional value system.

The Politics of Immigration. Is Germany Moving Towards a Multicultural Society?

Author : Samuel Skipper
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3960671024
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Book Synopsis The Politics of Immigration. Is Germany Moving Towards a Multicultural Society? by : Samuel Skipper

Download or read book The Politics of Immigration. Is Germany Moving Towards a Multicultural Society? written by Samuel Skipper and published by Anchor Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of immigration is never simple. Questions such as ‘who belongs to society?’ and ‘how do you define national identity?’, or ‘what values are needed to maintain a coexisting society?’ are extremely difficult to answer. Global migration introduces unprecedented challenges for conceptualising the integration of immigrants. On a European scale, Germany can be said to represent the first destination for immigrants since its unification in 1989. On a global level, Germany is the second largest immigrant receiving country after the United States. Nevertheless, only recently has Germany recognised and admitted that it is an ethnically and culturally diverse society. Before the 1998 elections, successive governments have always stuck to the maxim that Germany is ‘not a country of immigration’. The infamous phrase came under increased pressure with the electoral victory of the Red-Green coalition in 1998. New laws regarding immigration, integration and citizenship were on the agenda with the aim of replacing the traditional ethnocultural model of German nationhood with a more liberal and modern model by moving away from the concepts of Volk and ius sanguinis. The conservative CDU, however, accused the Schroder government of trying to jeopardize German cultural identity, causing a fierce debate known as the Leitkultur (Guiding culture) debate. On the one side of this debate there were the conservative CDU politicians who viewed Germany in ethno-nationalist terms, while on the other members of the Green Party and the SPD, who attempted substituting the ‘volkish’ tradition with a multicultural model of citizenship that guaranteed universal human rights. The aim of this study is to assess which of these two models are currently prevailing in moulding immigration and integration policy. Has the progressive left achieved its objective of moving away from the traditional ethnocultural and assimilationalist model defining citizenship towards a more inclusive multicultural model?

Governing diversity

Author : Isabelle Rorive
Publisher : Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles
ISBN 13 : 2800416890
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Governing diversity written by Isabelle Rorive and published by Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 2000s, the European Union has witnessed a significant change in terms of integration policies for immigrants. This book intends to address the relationship between, on the one hand, cultural diversity resulting from migration, and, on the other hand, social cohesion and social justice within Western societies. In order to do this, the authors examine what can be described as two contradictory trends in recent public policies towards foreign people or people with a foreign origin. A book that aims to provide a trans-disciplinary analysis of the construction of “otherness” in North America and Europe. EXTRAIT In October 2010, in a very polemic context on immigration and immigrant integration, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced that Germany was to be considered a multicultural failure, words that were soon echoed by the Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme. A few months later, the British Prime Minister David Cameron and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the failure of multiculturalism in almost identical terms. These sensational statements, which by and large avoid defining the concept of multiculturalism, are based on a reaffirmation of “Western values” and strengthening of national identity. These statements express the need to review the policies on integration of immigrants, in the sense that they should be more active and voluntarist, more organized by the state and more supported by the EU. In the background, one can see fear for Islamic extremism, but also the idea that the nation states can put some obligations on immigrants, and that for a too long time we have been focusing on “those who arrive”, rather than on “the society that welcomes them”. These speeches are situated in a politico-legal context that in recent years was characterized by an ambivalent attitude towards diversity in Europe. On the one hand, we have seen accusations of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, based on antidiscrimination legislation boosted by a strong European equality legal framework. On the other hand, we have seen denouncements of the perceived risk posed by Islam in Europe. These policy statements are also a result of numerous publications, often widely discussed in the media that outline the dangers of Islam in Europe (especially in the Netherlands). These political positions have also led to political decisions demonstrating the lack of legitimacy of Islam in Europe, such as the ban on building minarets in Switzerland or the Burqa bans adopted in the name of protecting national values and the “living together”, notably in France and Belgium (2011).

Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration

Author : Migration Policy Institute
Publisher : Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
ISBN 13 : 3867934754
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (679 download)

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Book Synopsis Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration by : Migration Policy Institute

Download or read book Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration written by Migration Policy Institute and published by Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greater mobility and migration have brought about unprecedented levels of diversity that are transforming communities across the Atlantic in fundamental ways, sparking uncertainty over who the "we" is in a society. As publics fear loss of their national identity and values, the need is greater than ever to reinforce the bonds that tie communities together. Yet, while a consensus may be emerging as to what has not worked well, little thought has been given to developing a new organizing principle for community cohesion. Such a vision needs to smooth divisions between immigration's "winners and losers," blunt extremism, and respond smartly to changing community and national identities. This volume will examine the lessons that can be drawn from various approaches to immigrant integration and managing diversity in North America and Europe. The book delivers recommendations on what policymakers must do to build and reinforce inclusiveness given the realities on each side of the Atlantic. It offers insights into the next generation of policies that can (re)build inclusive societies and bring immigrants and natives together in pursuit of shared futures.

Turkish Berlin

Author : Annika Marlen Hinze
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816685541
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Book Synopsis Turkish Berlin by : Annika Marlen Hinze

Download or read book Turkish Berlin written by Annika Marlen Hinze and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of immigrants into a larger society begins at the local level. Turkish Berlin reveals how integration has been experienced by second-generation Turkish immigrant women in two neighborhoods in Berlin, Germany. While the neighborhoods are similar demographically, the lived experience of the residents is surprisingly different. Informed by first-person interviews with both public officials and immigrants, Annika Marlen Hinze makes clear that local integration policies—often created by officials who have little or no contact with immigrants—have significant effects on the assimilation of outsiders into a community and a society. Focusing on the Turkish neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln, Hinze shows how a combination of local policy making and grassroots organizing have contributed to one neighborhood earning a reputation as a hip, multicultural success story and the other as a rougher neighborhood featuring problem schools and high rates of unemployment. Aided by her interviews, she describes how policy makers draw from their imaginations of urban space, immigrants, and integration to develop policies that do not always take social realities into consideration. She offers useful examples of how official policies can actually exacerbate the problems they are trying to help solve and demonstrates that a powerful history of grassroots organizing and resistance can have an equally strong impact on political outcomes. Employing spatial theory as a tool for understanding the complex processes of integration, Hinze asks two related questions: How do immigrants perceive themselves and their experiences in a new culture? And how are immigrants conceived of by politicians and policy makers? Although her research highlights the German–Turk experience in Berlin, her answers have implications that resonate far beyond the city’s limits.

Integration as Multiculturalism

Author : Brett Klopp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Integration as Multiculturalism written by Brett Klopp and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Multiculturalism and Integration

Author : Michael Clyne
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921862157
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Multiculturalism and Integration by : Michael Clyne

Download or read book Multiculturalism and Integration written by Michael Clyne and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiculturalism has been the official policy of all Australian governments (Commonwealth and State) since the 1970s. It has recently been criticised, both in Australia and elsewhere. Integration has been suggested as a better term and policy. Critics suggest it is a reversion to assimilation. However integration has not been rigorously defined and may simply be another form of multiculturalism, which the authors believe to have been vital in sustaining social harmony.

Dialogues on Migration Policy

Author : Marco Giugni
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739110980
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Dialogues on Migration Policy written by Marco Giugni and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dialogues on Migration Policy brings together leading American and European scholars of immigration politics to address migration policy. Editors Marco Giugni and Florence Passy's aim to present a number of informed 'dialogues' addressing three main theoretical concerns in this field: the role of the national state in a globalizing world, the determinants of policy change, and the role of collective interests in migration policy. Adopting an unconventional format, the novelty of Dialogues on Migration Policy lies in the fact that it is structured around a series of debates among authors. In each debate, expert contributors working in different theoretical traditions and with divergent views on the subject matter confront each other followed by a commentary from a leading scholar based on her/his reading of these authors' views. These lively debates are certain to engage scholars of migration, political science, and sociology.

No Country for Migrants? Critical Perspectives on Asylum, Immigration, and Integration in Germany

Author : Wilfried Zoungrana
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004415513
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis No Country for Migrants? Critical Perspectives on Asylum, Immigration, and Integration in Germany by : Wilfried Zoungrana

Download or read book No Country for Migrants? Critical Perspectives on Asylum, Immigration, and Integration in Germany written by Wilfried Zoungrana and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Country for Migrants? Critical Perspectives on Asylum, Immigration, and Integration in Germany aims to critically contribute to ongoing debates about immigration, integration, and xenophobia in Germany. Set against the backdrop of Germany’s controversial political decision to open its borders to refugees in 2015, the book realigns this watershed with the broader historical narratives of migration to explain its exceptionality both as an event and transformative force on the migration/integration discourse. The book further uses critical theories to make sense of the shifting socio-political coordinates of Germany. It addresses the history of Germany’s migration policies, its soft and hard power in migration control, language and societal integration, immigration and the revival of right-wing extremism, as well as religion and immigration.

Immigration in Europe

Author : David Turton
Publisher : Universidad de Deusto
ISBN 13 : 8498305128
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Immigration in Europe written by David Turton and published by Universidad de Deusto. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dynamics of migration in Europe have changed dramatically over the last few decades. Some countries, such as Ireland, Italy and Spain, are newcomers to an increasingly diverse Europe, having moved from being sources of emigration to destinations for migrants. Others such as France, Germany and the UK have many more years of experience with immigrants. Some of the biggest challenges facing Europe in the context of migration relate to irregular migration and integration by immigrants and refugees. What are the immigration needs of the different European countries? What are their labour needs? Can Europe’s existing population satisfy those labour needs? How can European countries work together to protect and improve the current refugee and asylum system? In the light of these pressing issues, it is vital that academics and NGOs work together to promote debate, research and the publication of reliable information about migration and refugees. To this end, academics, policy-makers and representatives of NGOs met at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain (30 January-1 February 2003) to reflect on and debate the state of immigration in Europe. The results are published in this book.

Integration Processes and Policies in Europe

Author : Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319216740
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Integration Processes and Policies in Europe by : Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas

Download or read book Integration Processes and Policies in Europe written by Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this open access book, experts on integration processes, integration policies, transnationalism, and the migration and development framework provide an academic assessment of the 2011 European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals, which calls for integration policies in the EU to involve not only immigrants and their society of settlement, but also actors in their country of origin. Moreover, a heuristic model is developed for the non-normative, analytical study of integration processes and policies based on conceptual, demographic, and historical accounts. The volume addresses three interconnected issues: What does research have to say on (the study of) integration processes in general and on the relevance of actors in origin countries in particular? What is the state of the art of the study of integration policies in Europe and the use of the concept of integration in policy formulation and practice? Does the proposal to include actors in origin countries as important players in integration policies find legitimation in empirical research? A few general conclusions are drawn. First, integration policies have developed at many levels of government: nationally, locally, regionally, and at the supra-national level of the EU. Second, a multitude of stakeholders has become involved in integration as policy designers and implementers. Finally, a logic of policymaking—and not an evidence-based scientific argument—can be said to underlie the European Commission’s redefinition of integration as a three-way process. This book will appeal to academics and policymakers at international, European, national, regional, and local levels. It will also be of interest to graduate and master-level students of political science, sociology, social anthropology, international relations, criminology, geography, and history.

The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity

Author : Veronica Benet-Martinez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796750
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity written by Veronica Benet-Martinez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiculturalism is a prevalent worldwide societal phenomenon. Aspects of our modern life, such as migration, economic globalization, multicultural policies, and cross-border travel and communication have made intercultural contacts inevitable. High numbers of multicultural individuals (23-43% of the population by some estimates) can be found in many nations where migration has been strong (e.g., Australia, U.S., Western Europe, Singapore) or where there is a history of colonization (e.g., Hong Kong). Many multicultural individuals are also ethnic and cultural minorities who are descendants of immigrants, majority individuals with extensive multicultural experiences, or people with culturally mixed families; all people for whom identification and/or involvement with multiple cultures is the norm. Despite the prevalence of multicultural identity and experiences, until the publication of this volume, there has not yet been a comprehensive review of scholarly research on the psychological underpinning of multiculturalism. The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity fills this void. It reviews cutting-edge empirical and theoretical work on the psychology of multicultural identities and experiences. As a whole, the volume addresses some important basic issues, such as measurement of multicultural identity, links between multilingualism and multiculturalism, the social psychology of multiculturalism and globalization, as well as applied issues such as multiculturalism in counseling, education, policy, marketing and organizational science, to mention a few. This handbook will be useful for students, researchers, and teachers in cultural, social, personality, developmental, acculturation, and ethnic psychology. It can also be used as a source book in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on identity and multiculturalism, and a reference for applied psychologists and researchers in the domains of education, management, and marketing.

Hybrid Identity Formation of Migrants

Author : Stefanie Schumann
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640830768
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Identity Formation of Migrants written by Stefanie Schumann and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät), course: Culture and Ethnicity, language: English, abstract: Within the last few years Germany has been confronted with a vast debate on integration policy. It was not until the year of 2005 that the first national integration law was enacted. Even though Germany has been an immigration country since the 1950s, the necessity of a specific law framework has been neglected blindly for decades. Already in 2006 about 23% of the children born in Germany had at least one foreign parent (cf. Foroutan & Schäfer, 2009, p.12). The media still talk about "the migrant". But it finally has to reach people's minds that there is no clear distinction between "the German" and "the foreigner". In fact, the matter of identity has to be reconsidered. About 18.6% of Germany's overall population possess a migration background (cf. Wippermann & Flaig, 2009, p.3), which signifies, that these individuals face the challenge of cultural contradictory on a daily basis. The permanent negotiation of belonging characterizes the dichotomy between retention of the ethnic and adoption of the German culture. Hence, this phenomenon creates a specific kind of identity, the so called "third space", which in the present work I will refer to as hybrid identity. The terms transnational and hyphenated identity are used synonymously in the relevant literature, but I will apply only to the former name to avoid any confusion. Moreover, this new kind of identity requires rethinking the concept of nationality and raises citizenship issues. The present work shall examine the phenomena of hybrid identity formation in detail: Under which criteria does it emerge and how is the synthesis of two cultural backgrounds depicted in everyday life? After introducing general findings on this topic, I will apply these aspects to the Turkish p

German Multiculturalism

Author : Brett Klopp
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book German Multiculturalism written by Brett Klopp and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration, asylum, and citizenship have become unavoidable topics in contemporary European politics. Klopp examines the issues of immigration, integration, and multiculturalism in Germany, Europe's premier immigration country, through the perspectives of both immigrants and local institutions (unions, employers, schools, neighborhoods, and city government). Klopp addresses the potential for immigration patterns and increasing heterogeneity to produce the conditions for social transformation, and specifically he shows how these factors are challenging and gradually transforming the boundaries of citizenship and the nation in Germany. Theoretically he argues against recent models of postnational and transnational membership that claim that the nationstate model of citizenship has been superseded by a new type of membership, one that guarantees individual rights via international human rights norms. Given the claims of these models, we should expect that long-term resident aliens will be satisfied with the partial citizenshp rights (civil and social) extended to them by liberal European welfare states, and that they will not identify with, or seek political rights from, their state of residence. On the contrary, Klopps suggests that national-state citizenship remains the essential form of formal social and political inclusion for the majority of immigrants. In the past Germany has represented an extreme case of ethnocultural exclusion, and it is therefore something of a natural laboratory in which to examine the reciprocal measures and mechanisms of political and social change currently underway in Europe. Lessons learned from qualitative empirical examination of immigration and integration processes in Germany could prove instructive when compared to similar processes of transformation underway in the other tranditonal nation-states of Western Europe and in the efforts to define a common European identity. Provocative reading for scholars, students, and other researchers as well as policy makers involved with migration issues, comparative politics and citizenship, and contemporary German studies.

Challenge to the Nation-State

Author : Christian Joppke
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191521930
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Challenge to the Nation-State written by Christian Joppke and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-02-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the latest research by some of the world's leading figures in the fast growing area of immigration studies. Relating the study of immigration to wider processes of social change, the book focuses on two key areas in which nation-states are being challenged by this phenomenon: sovereignty and citizenship. Bringing together the separate clusters of scholarship which have evolved around both of these areas, Challenge to the Nation-State disentangles the many contrasting views on the impact of immigration on the authority and integrity of the state. Some scholars have stressed the stubborn resistance of states to relinquish territorial control, the continued relevance of national citizenship traditions, and the `balkanizing' risks of ethnically divided societies. Others have argued that migrations are fostering a post-national world. In their view, states' immigration policies are increasingly constrained by global markets and an international human rights regime, membership as citizenship is devalued by new forms of postnational membership for migrants, and national monocultures are giving way to multicultural diversity. Focusing on the issue of sovereignty in the first section, and citizenship in the second, this compelling new study seeks to clarify the central stakes and opposing positions in this important and complex debate.

International Perspectives

Author : John Biles
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 1553395123
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book International Perspectives written by John Biles and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international trend towards migration is growing rapidly and becoming increasingly complex. As the first-wave generation of migrants ages, their children and even grandchildren are reaching adulthood having spent their entire lives in the countries their families chose long ago. International Perspectives: Integration and Inclusion is a wide-ranging exploration of this new, global reality. While many countries have been, and remain, resistant to migration, the sheer volume of people moving from one country to another is forcing public policy and perceptions to change. Migrant inclusion and integration, however, remains an issue in many locales. Insightful and timely, this volume brings together contributions from various countries and levels of the migrant experience in order to consider the ways in which states can facilitate the integration and inclusion of newcomers and minorities.

Bridges between cultures - Can foreign language radio programmes enhance integration?

Author : Birte Müller-Heidelberg
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638323102
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Book Synopsis Bridges between cultures - Can foreign language radio programmes enhance integration? by : Birte Müller-Heidelberg

Download or read book Bridges between cultures - Can foreign language radio programmes enhance integration? written by Birte Müller-Heidelberg and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2004-11-08 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: B, University of Bath (European studies and Modern Languages), course: MA in European Studies, language: English, abstract: [...] This essay will discuss whether foreign language broadcasts are enhancing integration or slowing it down. While the guest workers’ programmes were necessary to help foreigners who did not speak any German, foreign media today might create ghettos and decrease the need to learn German – a basic asset for integration. Part A of the essay will closely analyse the theoretical research that has been done on society as a whole. Systems theory will give an explanation for the way societies work (chapter 1). As a next step, the building and existence of identity will be looked at. After the difference between personal and collective identities has been pointed out in chapter 2.1, national identity as a certain form of collective identity and especially its creation will be analysed further (2.2). The last section of the theoretical part will explain the process of integration (3.1), take a closer look at two main models of integration (3.2) and then deal with the role the media can play in integration processes (3.3). In part B, the essay will conduct a case study on the integration of former guest workers in Germany and the impact foreign language radio broadcasting had on it. After giving a short history of labour immigration in the Federal Republic of Germany (4.1), the changing policy of the German governments towards foreigners in the country will be adumbrated(4.2). The current situation of foreigners in Germany will give a hint to the answer of the question whether integration has been completed or not (chapter 5). Chapter 6 of the essay deals with the function foreign language radio programmes had in the past and have nowadays (6.1) and gives examples for two different kinds of immigrant radio in Berlin (6.2). The conclusion at the end of the essay will answer the question whether a media market with a choice of broadcasts in immigrant mother tongues can enhance their integration or whether it is obstructing it.