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Policy frames on spousal migration in Germany : regulating membership, regulating the family
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- Creator
- Laura Block
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- English
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- Wiesbaden : Springer VS imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
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- 1 online resource
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- 3658132957, 3658132965, 9783658132965, 9783658132958
- 7 The "other" side: Transnational couples' and migrant advocates' perspectives
- Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
- Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Tables and figures; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 "Marriage migration" literature meets migration policy analysis; 1.1.1 Literature on "marriage migration"; 1.1.2 Migration policy in theory; 1.2 Research problem and research design; 2 A theoretical framework for the analysis of spousal migration policies; 2.1 Analysing family migration policies; 2.1.1 The right to family and the power of social membership; 2.1.2 Ideas on family and membership within family migration policies
- 2.1.3 An analytical framework for family migration policies: Regulating membership and regulating the family2.2 Marriage-of-convenience policies: Preventing the state from being duped?; 2.2.1 How to justify marriage-of-convenience policies; 2.2.2 How to criticise marriage-of-convenience policies; 2.2.3 The European preoccupation with marriages of convenience; 2.3 Fighting forced marriages: Defending liberal norms?; 2.3.1 Forced marriages and the rationale for state action; 2.3.2 Forced marriages as a minority practice?; 2.3.3 Forced marriage policies within migration law
- 3 Empirical and legal realities of spousal migration to Germany3.1 The evolution of German family migration policy; 3.1.1 1950-2000: Political negligence and judicial activism; 3.1.2 2000-2005: Reforming migration law in a protracted process; 3.1.3 Language skills as a pre-migration requirement: The Aussiedler-Nexus; 3.2 The legislative framework of spousal migration; 3.3 The demographics of spousal migration to Germany; 4 2005-2010: Spousal migration comes into focus; 4.1 Institutional and conceptual shifts enabling the "restrictive turn"; 4.2 Spousal migration law changes after 2007
- 4.3 Immediate effects of the reform on spousal migration inflows5 The European dimension of family migration policies; 5.1 The supranational dimension; 5.1.1 Family migration rights within international and European law; 5.1.2 The 2003 Family Reunification Directive; 5.1.3 The Free Movement Directive; 5.1.4 Turkish citizens' rights under association law; 5.2 Spousal migration policies in other European states 2005-2010; 5.2.1 The Netherlands; 5.2.2 France; 5.2.3 Denmark; 5.2.4 The United Kingdom; 5.2.5 Austria; 5.2.6 Switzerland; 6 Political and institutional frames on spousal migration
- 6.1 Framing spousal migration in the Bundestag 2005-20106.1.1 Forced marriages; 6.1.2 Integration; 6.1.3 The language requirement; 6.1.4 The EU and other European states; 6.1.5 Minister Schäuble's framing; 6.2 Framing spousal migration in the legislative and the executive branches; 6.2.1 The protection of female victims; 6.2.2 Breaking up parallel societies; 6.2.3 The "devaluation" of German citizenship; 6.2.4 The protection of the public budget; 6.2.5 The differentiation of migration flows; 6.2.6 Fighting abuse of spousal migration; 6.2.7 The role of Europe and other institutional dynamics