EUniWell Social Talks: The dark side of German federalism: How regional immigration attitudes lead to administrative discrimination
28/01/2025
Lecturer: Prof. Gerald Schneider, Professor of International Politics, University of Konstanz
Related EUniWell Arena: 2) Social Equality & Well-Being
About this lecture:
Many countries face the problem that the preferences of the population vary greatly from region to region. Federalism is often praised as the ideal solution for how a community should deal with this heterogeneity. However, a dark side of this institutional arrangement is the unequal treatment of people with a migratory background in local administrations and regional courts. The talk presents a theoretical framework to explain how the local anti-immigration mood and other extra-legal factors contribute to the discriminatory decisions of administrators and judges within a federal context. The lecture introduces novel evidence on administrative inequality in German administrative and judicial decision-making on asylum, citizenship, and unemployment benefits.
About the lecturer:
Gerald Schneider is Professor of International Politics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, Executive Editor of “European Union Politics” and Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”. He has published widely on European Union decision making, the causes and consequences of armed violence, international political economy, bargaining and conflict management. Schneider is a former President of the European Political Science Association and Vice President of the International Studies Association. He has acted as Programme Chair for the 50th annual convention of ISA in New York City in 2009 and as a co-editor of "International Interactions".
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Zoom: https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/62095462065?pwd=TzdLb3grTHBaNUhTL05CeDdlYThkQT09
