Becoming Multicultural
Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- General, Social Policy, Emigration & Immigration
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774815666
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
- List Price
- $90.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774815673
- Publish Date
- Jan 2013
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774815680
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
- List Price
- $125.00
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Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Canada's and Germany’s responses to questions of national membership consisted of discriminatory policies aimed at harnessing migration for economic ends. Yet, by the end of the century, both countries were transformed into highly diverse multicultural societies. How did this remarkable shift come about? Triadafilopoulos argues that, after the war, global human rights norms intersected with domestic political identities and institutions, opening the way for the liberalization of Canada's and Germany’s immigration and citizenship policies. His is a thought-provoking analysis that sheds light on the dynamics of membership politics and policy making in contemporary liberal-democratic countries.
About the author
Awards
- Short-listed, Prize in Comparative Politics, Canadian Political Science Association
- Short-listed, Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
Contributor Notes
Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.