TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oers,Ricky van
TI  - Deserving citizenship: citizenship tests in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom 
T2  - Immigration and asylum law and policy in Europe,
SN  - 9789004251076
AV  - KJC6044 .O337 2014
U1  - 323.6/23 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
KW  - Naturalization
KW  - Germany
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Citizenship
KW  - Examinations, questions, etc
N1  - Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Radboud University Nijmegen, 2013; Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Justifying Citizenship Tests -- Repairing the Failures of the Past: The Introduction of a Citizenship Test in the Netherlands -- ‘Deutschland sucht den Superstaatsbürger’: Integration Requirements in German Nationality Law -- On a Journey to Citizenship: Earning the Right to Full Membership in the UK -- The Citizenship Tests Compared -- The Quantitative Impact of the Citizenship Tests in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK -- The Effects of Citizenship Testing: The Case of the Netherlands -- Language and Integration Testing in Practice: The Case of Germany -- The ‘Knowledge Requirements’ in Practice: The UK -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Annex I Methodological Justification of Qualitative Research and Overview of Interviewed Immigrants and Stakeholders -- Annex II Questionnaire for the Research into the Effects of the Requirement ‘to have Sufficient Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK’ as a Condition for British Citizenship -- Index
N2  - In the past decade, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have formalised or introduced language and knowledge of society tests for immigrants applying for citizenship. The aim of this book is to assess the explicit and hidden goals these citizenship tests are meant to achieve, as well as to analyse their intended and unintended effects. The book answers the questions of why the countries under consideration introduced citizenship tests and what effects these tests have produced. The latter question has been answered on the basis of an analysis of relevant statistics and an analysis of interviews with immigrants and stakeholders. Furthermore, the content of the tests presented to (possible) future citizens of Germany, the Netherlands and the UK has been thoroughly analysed
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004251076
ER  -