The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany

Liza Schuster is a research fellow at the London School of Economics. This is her second book and she has edited and published many journal articles for titles such as Citizenship Studies, Sociological Review Online and Journal of Refugee Studies.

Part 1 Theory and context: theoretical and conceptual issues; the origins and development of asylum; constructions of the refugee problem since the Second World War. Part 2 The "special" case studies: refugee and asylum policies in Britain; refugee and asylum policies in Germany; a critical comparison of the British and German experience. Part 3 Conclusion: rethinking the politics of asylum and refugee.