Policy Frames On Spousal Migration In Germany: Regulating Membership, Regulating The Family (studien Zur Migrations- Und Integrationspolitik)
by Laura Block /
2016 / English / PDF
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Laura Block asks how liberal democracies manage to restrict
migration in spite of liberal constraints. She analyses the
political debates surrounding spousal migration policies from
2005–2010 in Germany and reveals government strategies that
restrict spousal migration while staying within the discursive
realm of individual rights. By circumscribing and scrutinising
both the membership status necessary to access the right to
family protection and the family ties in question, restricting
spousal migration is legitimised.
Laura Block asks how liberal democracies manage to restrict
migration in spite of liberal constraints. She analyses the
political debates surrounding spousal migration policies from
2005–2010 in Germany and reveals government strategies that
restrict spousal migration while staying within the discursive
realm of individual rights. By circumscribing and scrutinising
both the membership status necessary to access the right to
family protection and the family ties in question, restricting
spousal migration is legitimised.