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Christian Joppke is a German political sociologist, professor and chair in general sociology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. [1] He is the author of more than one hundred publications, monographs and manuscripts and among the most widely cited authors in the field of citizenship and immigration. Essentially a critic of multiculturalism, Joppke is self-defined "a reactionary liberal." [2]

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Biography

Joppke holds a PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley, United States. Previous appointments include the University of Southern California, the European University Institute, the University of British Columbia, and International University Bremen. [3] He is married to Catherine Kratz, a French lawyer, and has two sons, Ben and Nicolas.

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  2. "Eudo Citizenship". Eudo-citizenship.eu. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  3. (included in a review of the “best” books on international migration published since 2000, by Roger Waldinger, Contemporary Sociology 42, May 2013, 349-363).
  4. Named “Outstanding Academic Book for 1995” by Choice Magazine).
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