Japan-France-Germany joint research on the transformation of the citizenship of immigrants and its impact on host societies

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19KK0046
• Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 8:Sociology and related fields
• Research Institution: Komazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Nakano Yuji 駒澤大学, 法学部, 教授 (10253387)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 浪岡 新太郎 明治学院大学, 国際学部, 教授 (40398912) ; 大西 楠テア 専修大学, 法学部, 教授 (70451763) ; 大嶋 えり子 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(日吉), 准教授 (90756066)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-10-07 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: フランス / ドイツ / 移民 / シティズンシップ / ライシテ / ムスリム / 外国人労働者 / 統合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to clarify the changes in immigrant citizenship in France and Germany, the impact of membership approval criteria on immigrants, and the impact on the host society. Review of previous research and field surveys were conducted with the cooperation of overseas collaborators from both France and Germany. It became clear that there has been a marked liberalization of citizenship, but at the same time, immigrants, especially Muslim immigrants, are required to "prove their liberalism," which exacerbates discrimination against Muslim immigrants. For example, the discourse of "communitarianism," which is used to criticize immigrants in France, is used for Muslims but not for the Jewish community, and it became clear that the discourse is used arbitrarily depending on the subject.

Free Research Field

政治社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでナショナル・モデルで説明されがちであった移民の受け入れ政策の実際が、政策が実際に運用される領域や、全国的運用か地方での運用かによって異なることが明らかになったことで、今後の移民研究において、複数の分析レベルを設定し、それらを交差させる必要性が明らかになった。ドイツの場合、例えば、原則的な二重国籍の禁止があるものの実際は半数の人が「例外的に」二重国籍を保持していること、また同一の事由でもベルリン州では認められないが、他の州では認められるという実態などが現地調査によって明らかになった。