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Arguing about Asylum

The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe

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  • © 2000

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  1. Niklaus Steiner
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Niklaus Steiner
    Pages 1-18

  3. Switzerland: The 1979, 1986, and 1994 Parliamentary Asylum Debates

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    Pages 19-57

  4. Germany: The 1978/1980, 1986, and 1993 Parliamentary Asylum Debates

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    Pages 59-96

  5. Britain: The 1987 and 1993 Parliamentary Asylum Debates

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    Pages 97-132

  6. Conclusion

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    Pages 133-186

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 151-186
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About this book

In addressing the asylum controversy in Europe today, much of the literature assumes that asylum policies result from the struggle between national interest arguing to tighten asylum and humanitarianism arguing to loosen it. This book challenges this simple tug-of-war image by examining asylum in Germany, Switzerland, and Britain from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s. The findings reveal the complex and often counter-intuitive roles national interest, international norms, and morality play in shaping asylum. It forces us to reconsider how we think about asylum and to explore alternatives to conventional assumptions.

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Niklaus Steiner is Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University Center for International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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