300136 Citizenship Debates (S) (WiSe 2009/2010)

Course Content
Contemporary international studies have been challenged by a number of topics and questions related to the many colors of their population generated through decade long migration flows. The latter, i.e. migration, is one of the most controversial political issues in Europe, posing a challenge to received ideas about citizenship and national identity across the continent.
The purpose of the course is to introduce analytical tools that will enhance the student’s ability to pursue deeper studies of citizenship. To do that the course considers current debates about citizenship and immigration from a variety of perspectives, both empirical and normative, and aims to provide students with an understanding of how the notion of citizenship has evolved together with different responses in both academic and public debate.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course it is aimed that participants will have developed an understanding of the conceptual issues associated with citizenship and immigration, and they will have acquired a sound knowledge of the historical background to contemporary debates. Participants will be able to explain and interpret the various citizenship traditions, analyze the range of political responses to immigration in the post-war period, and assess normative arguments for and against different models of citizenship.

Teaching
Teaching is in the form of lectures combined with individual presentations and group discussions. Participants are expected to attend lectures and to participate actively in seminar discussions.
The language of instruction is English; students’ course papers are supposed to be written in English (option for German papers possible).
Sessions will be held as outlined below:

Literaturangaben:

Thematic Blocs

• First Thematic Bloc: Theoretical Perspectives on Citizenship

Readings:
Peter Kivisto and Thomas Faist (2007) Chapter 3 “Erosion”, in Citizenship: discourse, theory, and transnational prospects. Blackwell Publishing Ltd: UK, p. 49-66
Jean L. Cohen (1999) “Changing Paradigms of Citizenship and the Exclusiveness of the
Demos”, International Sociology, 14, 3: 245-268
Castles, Stephen, and Davidson, Alastair (2000) Chapter 2 ‘Theories of Citizenship in “Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging”, p.26-51
Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman (1994): “Return of the Citizen: A Survey of Recent Work on Citizenship Theory”, Ethics, 104: 352-381

• Second Thematic Bloc: Citizenship in “Classical” Countries of Immigration Readings:

Winter, Elke (2009) “Die Dialektik multikultureller Identität: Kanada als Lehrstück”
Swiss Political Science Review 15(1): 133–168
Gianni Zappalà and Stephen Castles (2000) “Citizenship and Immigration in Australia”, in
T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer (eds.), From Migrants to Citizens:
Membership in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 32-81
T. Alexander Aleinikoff (2000) “Between Principles and Politics: U.S. Citizenship Law”, in
T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer (eds.), From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 119-172

• Third Thematic Bloc: Citizenship Rules and Immigrant Integration

Readings:
Thomas Faist, and Peter Kivisto (2008) “Citizenship Theories and Migration” (forthcoming publication) will be circulated to participants per E-mail
Freeman, Gary P. (2006) “National models, policy types, and the politics of immigration in liberal democracies”, West European Politics, 29(2): 227 -247
Richard Alba, (2005): “Bright vs. Blurred Boundaries: Second generation Assimilation and
Exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States”, Ethnic and Racial Studies 28, 1: 20-49 Bauböck, Rainer (2001) Recombinant Citizenship, in: Martin Kohli and Alison Woodward
(eds.) Inclusions and Exclusions in European Societies, Routledge, London: 38-57

• Fourth Thematic Bloc: Citizenship Beyond the Nation-State: Supranational Citizenship

Readings:
Auvachez, Élise (2009) “Supranational Citizenship Building and the United Nations: Is
the UN Engaged in a Citizenization” Process?” Global Governance (15), p.43–66
Kostakopoulou, Dora (2008), “The Evolution of European Union Citizenship”, European
Political Science, Vol 7 (3): 285-295.
Faist, Thomas (2001) “Social Citizenship in the European Union: Nested Membership”, Journal of Common Market Studies 39, 1: 39-60
Marco Martiniello (2000) “Citizenship in the European Union”, in T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer (eds.), From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 342-380

• Fifth Thematic Bloc: Citizenship quo vadis? Multiculturalism, Transnational and Global Citizenship

Readings:
Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka, (2004): “Do Multiculturalism Policies Erode the Welfare
State?” (conference paper)
Parekh, Bhikhu (2002), Chapter 7 “The Political Structure of Multicultural Society”, in Rethinking Multiculturalism, Harvard University Press, 2002, p196-239
Paul Johnston, (2001) “The Emergence of Transnational Citizenship among Mexican
Immigrants in California”, in T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer (eds.),
Citizenship Today: Global Perspectives and Practices. Washington, DC: Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, 253-277
Michael Muetzelfeldt and Gary Smith, (2002): “Civil Society and Global Governance: The Possibilities for Global Citizenship”, Citizenship Studies 6, 1: 55-75

• Film Viewing (Title TBA) & Discussion
• Sixth Thematic Bloc: Expansion of Citizenship: Dual Citizenship, Transformation of Citizenship Regimes in Europe

Readings:
Faist, Thomas (2007), The Fixed Boundaries of Porous Boundaries of Dual Citizenship, Chapter 1 in Thomas Faist (ed) Dual Citizenship in Europe: From Nationhood to Social Integration, 2007 Ashgate.
Joppke, Christian (2007) “Transformation of Immigrant Integration in Western Europe: Civic Integration and Antidiscrimination Policies in the Netherlands, France, and Germany”
World Politics, Vol.59 (2), January, pp. 243-273
Jacobs, Dirk and Andrea Rea (2007) “The End of National Models? Integration Courses and Citizenship Trajectories in Europe” International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS)Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 264-283 available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001584/158473e.pdf#page=136
Koopmans, Ruud; Paul Statham; Marco Giugni and Passy F. (2005). Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. University of Minnesota Press