East west migration patterns in an enlarging Europe: The German caseFootnote∗

This is a revised version of a paper presented at the Special Convention ‘Nationalism, Identities and Regional Cooperation: Compatibilities and Incompatibilities’, 4–9 June 2002, Forli Italy. The author gratefully acknowledges helpful comments made by Stefan Wolff and Karl Cordell. The article is based on research carried out in the framework of the ’Forschungsverbund Ost‐ und Südosteuropa’ (forost). Financial support from forost is gratefully acknowledged.

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