The challenge of becoming a multicultural society: a case of Germany

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Alaaddinoğlu, Yeliz

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This thesis seeks to trace the process of Germany̕ becoming a multicultural society through the politico-historical analysis of the matter of immigration to Germany. The working assumption while projecting this study is as follows; there is a close relation between the policies and implementations of Germany in practice and becoming a multicultural society during the process in question. Germany became a multinational society with its composition of different ethnic, religious and cultural groups; but it is clearly seen that Germany is not moving toward becoming a multicultural society, at least in the near future, considering its policies and implementations in practice. At the same time, considering the main arguments and effects of these new immigration and citizenship laws concerning immigrants will provide an essential ground for recognizing whether Germany is a multicultural society or not.

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General Social Sciences.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15574

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Y. Alaaddinoğlu, “The challenge of becoming a multicultural society: a case of Germany,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.