Citizenship and Migration in the Era of Globalization The Flow of Migrants and the Perception of Citizenship in Asia and Europe /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pohlmann, Markus (Editor), Yang, Jonghoe (Editor), Lee, Jong-Hee (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context, 5
• Subjects: Law.; Social policy.; Economics.; Social Policy.; Law, general.

In an age of globalization there is frequent migration across national borders, resulting in a reconsideration of the notion, practice and social institution of national citizenship. Addressing this phenomenon, the book focuses on the exchange between, and responses, of Korea and Germany.  In partic...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I
• The Idea and Practices of Citizenship in South Korea
• Threats or Leverage for Korean Civil Society in Contesting Globalization
• Part II
• The Migration of Elites in a Borderless World: Citizenship as an Incentive for Professionals and Managers?
• A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Workers and Citizenship in Korea and Germany
• Recent Status of Marriage-based Immigrants and their Families in Korea
• Part III
• The Perception of Citizenship in Korea: Its Social and Political Variations
• Attitudes of local workers towards civil rights of migrant workers in Korea
• Ethnic Chinese in South Korea: Interplay between Ethnicity, Nationality, and Citizenship
• Patterns of Citizenship and Political Action in Korea, Germany and the United States: An Analysis of the 2004 ISSP Data
• Part IV: Epilogue
• The Idea of Citizenship and its Institutionalization: Significance of the Korean Case.