Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 292 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780813543307
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9780813543291
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0813543290
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0813543304
Content:
Immigration is continuously and rapidly changing the face of Western countries. While newcomers are harbingers of change, host nations also participate in how new populations are incorporated into their social and political fabric. Bringing together a transcontinental group of anthropologists, this book provides an in-depth look at the current processes of immigration, political behavior, and citizenship in both the United States and Europe. Essays draw on issues of race, national identity, religion, and more, while addressing questions, including: How should citizenship be defined? In what wa
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Inclusion and Exclusion: Discourses of Belonging; Chapter 1: Kabyle Immigrant Politics and Racialized Citizenship in France; Chapter 2: On Belonging in/to Italy and Europe: Citizenship, Race, and the "Immigration Problem"; Chapter 3: The Irish Citizenship Referendum (2004): Motherhood and Belonging in Ireland; Chapter 4: From the "Imagined Community" to "Communities of Practice": Immigrant Belonging Among Vietnamese Americans; Part II: Political Mobilization and Claims Making
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Chapter 5: Migrants' Mobilization and Anthropology: Reflections from the Experience of Latin Americans in the United KingdomChapter 6: Odyssean Refugees, Migrants, and Power: Construction of the "Other" and Civic Participation within the Polish Community in the United Kingdom; Chapter 7: Origin Myths, Conspiracy Theories, and Antiracist Mobilizations in France; Chapter 8: "Call Us Vote People": Citizenship, Migration, and Transnational Politics in Haitian and Mexican Locations; Part III: New Spaces of Citizenship; Chapter 9: Globalization and Citizenship: The Chinese in Silicon Valley
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Chapter 10: "And Ye Shall Possess It, and Dwell Therein": Social Citizenship, Global Christianity, and Nonethnic Immigrant IncorporationChapter 11: Immigrants as Netizens: Political Mobilization in Cyberspace; Afterword: Some Concluding Reflections; References; Contributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813543291
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Citizenship, Political Engagement, and Belonging : Immigrants in Europe and the United States
Language:
English
