Heckmann, Friedrich2009-05-192009-05-191980-04-01Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 5, Number 2 (WINTER, 1980), pp. 13-30 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4866https://hdl.handle.net/1808/4866This paper has two major 'intentions: 1) to demonstrate that West Germany has become an immigrant society in a trueIy sociologieal'sense; .that the so-called "guest-workers"and their families rather than being migratory workers 'have become part of the social structure;" 2) to "advance a socio-structural concept for the analysis of immigrant worker minonties.enCopyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045.Article10.17161/STR.1808.4866openAccess