The use and abuse of political asylum in Britain and Germany / / Liza Schuster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777436403321
• Autore: Schuster Liza
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Routledge [Imprint], March 2003; Abingdon, : Taylor & Francis Group; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 1-135-76182-5; 0-7146-5385-3; 1-135-76183-3; 1-280-05246-5; 0-203-49985-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Cass series--British politics and society, , 1467-1441
• Disciplina: 323.6/31
• Soggetti: Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain; Asylum, Right of - Great Britain; Refugees - Government policy - Germany; Asylum, Right of - Germany
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Immigration and Asylum -- Asylum Seekers and the State System -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- NOTES -- Part One THEORY AND CONTEXT -- 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues -- Asylum Seekers-Political or Economic Migrants? -- Security Threats and Human Rights -- Asylum as a Moral and Political Philosophy Issue -- Special Duties -- Universal Duties -- The Practical Limits of Moral Obligations and Legitimate Restrictions on Migration -- The Question of Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 2 The Origins and Development of Asylum -- The Origins of Asylum -- Asylum in early Christian times: Church Asylum in Ascendance -- From the Reformation to Westphalia: Church Asylum Gives Way to Territorial ; Asylum -- The Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 and the Emergence of the Political Refugee -- The Two World Wars -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 3 Constructions of the Refugee Problem since the Second World War -- The Construction of a Problem -- The Construction of Solutions -- Repatriation -- Asylum -- Non-refoulement -- The Development of a European Response -- The Single Market -- The End of the Cold War -- A Reconstruction of the Refugee Problem -- New Solutions: Containment and Temporary Asylum -- Temporary Asylum/Protection -- Containment -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Part Two THE SPECIAL CASE STUDIES -- 4 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain -- The Post-war Period, 1945-70 -- An Unconstitutional State? -- Welfare and Labour -- The Cold War and the Commonwealth -- The Re-emergence of Asylum, 1970-79 -- The Start of the Retreat, 1979-89 -- Asylum Seekers as Threats, 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to British Identity -- Threat to the Liberal State -- The Battle for Control.; Government Strategy and the Numbers Game -- Recognition Rates and Fraudulent Claims -- Acts of Restriction and Deterrence -- Opposition to the Legislation -- Prospects for the Future -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 5 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Germany -- The German State Re-invented, 1945-733 -- Rechtsstaat -- Volksstaat -- Sozialmarktwirtschaft -- European State -- The Cold War -- Closing the Border, 1973-89 -- The Refugee Problem: A Convenient Fig-Leaf? 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to the Liberal Rechtsstaat -- Threat to Identity -- The Removal of Asylum from the Constitution and Public Debate -- Extra-parliamentary Opposition -- The Chosen Solution: Article 16a and Subsequent Measures -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 6 A Critical Comparison of the British and German Experience -- Britain and Germany: The Differences -- Geography -- History -- Citizenship -- Constitutions -- The Politics of Asylum -- The Similarities: Nation-states, Sozialmarktwirtschaften and Liberal Democracies -- Nation-states -- Welfare -- Multi-party Representative Democracies -- The Constraints Imposed by Democratic Elections -- A Balance Sheet -- NOTES -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- 7 Rethinking the Politics of Asylum and Refuge -- The Arguments So Far -- Particularist and Universalist Perspectives -- A'Particularist' Future -- Limited Universalism? -- The Need for a Radical Alternative? -- NOTES -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation