Political Participation of Non-Citzens in Germany and Western Europe. (Beitrage aus dem Fachbereich Padagogik).

Autor/in	Reuter, Lutz R.
Institution	Bundeswehr Univ., Hamburg (Germany).
Titel	Political Participation of Non-Citzens in Germany and Western Europe. (Beitrage aus dem Fachbereich Padagogik).
Quelle	(1990), (81 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch; deutsch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0175-310x
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Foreign Nationals; Immigrants; Migrant Workers; Voting Rights; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Wanderarbeiter; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper compares the present social, economic, and political rights labor immigrants enjoy within the European Community (EC). Its focus is the current debate about the municipal suffrage of permanent residents. The dual relevance of the topic is obvious. EC bodies like the Commission, Council of Ministers, Political Council, and European Parliament withdraw competences of their national counterparts; EC inhabitants, citizens of one of the 12 democratically ruled member states, acquire the right to move, to resettle, and to work everywhere within the Community. However, when doing so, the citizens of the Community lose their basic democratic right to vote or to become elected on at least the subnational levels like those of longterm residents who immigrated from third countries without acquiring citizenship. Currently 12-15 million or four to five percent of the inhabitants of the Community are without democratic rights. Thus, ironically in overcoming the nation state and the transnational extension of socio-economic freedoms are accompanied by a regress of democratic rights and liberties. Therefore, the general (at least, municipal) suffrage of all permanent residents and a common citizenship and ius soli based naturalization legislation are on the political agenda of the Community. (Author/LBG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC