In an age of globalization there is frequent migration across national borders, resulting in a reconsideration of the notion, practice and social institution of national citizenship. Addressing this phenomenon, the book focuses on the exchange between, and responses, of Korea and Germany.

In particular, the book deals extensively with citizenship in Korea where the concept of citizenship is young, and thus the study of citizenship is relatively scarce. This book may be the first of its kind, bringing together eminent Korean and German scholars to analyse various aspects of citizenship in Korea.

It is hoped that it will contribute to scholarship in the fields of citizenship and migration and to an understanding of the flow of people and ideas between Asia and Europe.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part I.- The Idea and Practices of Citizenship in South Korea.- Threats or Leverage for Korean Civil Society in Contesting Globalization.- Part II.- The Migration of Elites in a Borderless World: Citizenship as an Incentive for Professionals and Managers?.- A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Workers and Citizenship in Korea and Germany.- Recent Status of Marriage-based Immigrants and their Families in Korea.- Part III.- The Perception of Citizenship in Korea: Its Social and Political Variations.- Attitudes of local workers towards civil rights of migrant workers in Korea.- Ethnic Chinese in South Korea: Interplay between Ethnicity, Nationality, and Citizenship.- Patterns of Citizenship and Political Action in Korea, Germany and the United States: An Analysis of the 2004 ISSP Data.- Part IV: Epilogue.- The Idea of Citizenship and its Institutionalization: Significance of the Korean Case.