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"Africa begins at Naples" (Roman saying) "Africa begins at Rome" (Florentine saying)  Denny Mendez,
the first black Miss Italy |
"The only foreigners in France are bad citizens" (Tallien, 1795)  Youth, celebrating
France's World Cup victory at the Arc du Triomphe, waves the Algerian flag |
| "Wir sind kein Einwanderungsland" (Helmut Kohl, 1992)
"There is no German volksgeist. And who wants one?" (Michael Naumann, German Minister for culture, 2000) 
Jorg Haider. |
"The trouble with the English is that their history happened overseas, so they don't know what it means" (Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses) 
England soccer fans attack Franco-Maghrebi youths in Marseilles. |
Immigration and mutlticulturalism will be examined at the level of the European Union and at the nation-state level for Germany, Italy, France and Britain. Topics to be explored include: the development of citizenship law in different states; nationalism in the context of European integration; the politics of xenophobia and xenophilia; and immigrants as political actors. Analysis will focus on the role of divergent national traditions (rooted in the development of nationalisms and colonial histories) and the convergent pressures resulting from European integration. Students with 3 semesters or more of French, Italian or German may opt to participate in half-course language sections connected to the main course as part of the "Language Across The Curriculum" program.
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