States Against Migrants: Deportation in Germany and the United States

by Antje Ellermann

Book Overview

In this comparative study of the contemporary politics of deportation in Germany and the United States, Antje Ellermann analyzes the capacity of the liberal democratic state to control individuals within its borders. The book grapples with the question of why, in the 1990s, Germany responded to vociferous public demands for stricter immigration control by passing and implementing far-reaching policy reforms, while the United States failed to effectively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521092906
• ISBN13: 9780521092906
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"