CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-EU CITIZENS IN GERMANY

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2022-1-10

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Kerpişçi, Aybike

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In the contemporary context, migration management has evolved immensely complexly and involved many actors. This thesis aims to analyze the characteristics of current German foreigners and immigration regimes within their historical context. Throughout the nation-building process, the German state considered immigrants a potential threat and developed restrictive policy tools to manage and control immigration flows. In a complementary way, foreign residents have been designated a limited scope of rights and subordinated/secondary social status within German society. Therefore, especially certain groups of foreigners have been significantly deprived of public and political participation opportunities. This thesis aims to illustrate the patterns of continuity and change concerning the definitions of German nationhood and constellations of rightful membership in the polity. In this regard, this thesis revisits relevant literature to present the normative grounds of determining insiders and outsiders. Theoretical foundations of substantive and alternative forms of citizenship, legitimate boundaries concerning political participation are discussed in relation to the role of the nation-state and the ideological standpoints of political parties. It is our aim to illustrate the social reality shaped by immigration and its outcomes within the political realm. Stances of political parties regarding citizenship, naturalization, and enfranchisement of foreigners are analyzed through a qualitative case study on parliamentary discourses. This research points out that parties' approaches are closely related to their understandings of Germanness, integration, and ideal German society.

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political participation, citizenship, naturalization, immigration policies in Germany, parliamentary discourses

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A. Kerpişçi, “CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF NON-EU CITIZENS IN GERMANY,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.