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.

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.