Research Catalog

Title

Deconstructing the nation : immigration, racism, and citizenship in modern France / Maxim Silverman.

Author

Silverman, Maxim

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Description

viii, 204 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Critical studies in racism and migration

Uniform Title

Critical studies in racism and migration.

Subject

• Racism > France
• Citizenship > France
• France > Government policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-197) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Immigration and the nation-state. The question of immigration. The two models of the nation. The 'nationalisation' of France. The nation-state today: problems of interpretation -- 2. Post-war immigration in France. 1945-55: the state, demography and the economy. 1955-68: the boom years. 1968-74: a 'new' immigration policy. 1974-81: integration or repatriation. 1981-91: the politics of immigration under Mitterrand -- 3. The 'problem' of immigration. Problems and solutions. State determinations and determinations of the state. Integration and control. Racialisation and the nation -- 4. Assimilation and difference. The 'seuil de tolerance' and the ghetto. Proximity/distance: colonialism/post-colonialism. Headscarves and the Enlightenment. Racism/anti-racism -- 5. Nationality and citizenship. Rights and the nation-state. The law, transgression and crisis: 'les clandestins'. The nationality debate. Rights of the crossroads -- 6. France and the 'New Europe'. Refugees, immigration and controls. Which model for rights? Alterity and citizenship in Europe.

ISBN

0415044839

LCCN

^^^92002779^

OCLC

25245856

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library