Rights across borders : immigration and the decline of citizenship / David Jacobson.

Includes index.

1. Novus Ordo Seclorum. Defining a Nation. The Argument. Plan of This Book -- 2. Immigration and Citizenship in Western Europe. Volkgeist and Fraternite: Nationhood in Germany and France. Europe: Guest Workers to Settlers. Migrant Rights and the Value of Citizenship -- 3. Immigration and Citizenship in the United States: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Historical Background. Immigration Reform. Immigration, IRCA, and the Value of Citizenship. The Recasting of Nationality -- 4. Western Europe and the Age of Rights. Human Rights and State Sovereignty. International Human Rights Instruments. The European Convention on Human Rights -- 5. The United States and the Age of Rights. The Constitution and International Law. International Law, the Constitution, and the American Political Identity -- 6. States without Nations. The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe. Charting a New Terrain -- 7. Nations without States: Reflections on a Changing Landscape.

The Territorialization of Faith. New Frontiers. New Expanses. New Civilities.

Jacobson examines illegal immigration in the United States and migrant and foreign populations in Western Europe, with a special focus on Germany and France. He shows how the differing political cultures of these countries - the ethnic basis of citizenship in Germany versus its political basis in the United States, for instance - have shaped their responses to immigration challenges.