Arguing about Asylum

The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-349-38603-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

In addressing the asylum controversy in Europe today, much of the literature assumes that asylum policies result from the struggle between national interest arguing to tighten asylum and humanitarianism arguing to loosen it. This book challenges this simple tug-of-war image by examining asylum in Germany, Switzerland, and Britain from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s. The findings reveal the complex and often counter-intuitive roles national interest, international norms, and morality play in shaping asylum. It forces us to reconsider how we think about asylum and to explore alternatives to conventional assumptions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steiner, N.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Asylum Debates in Switzerland Asylum Debates in Germany Asylum Debates in Britain Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Niklaus Steiner is Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University Center for International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.