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Author: Alain Gagnon Publisher: PUL ISBN: 9782729708092 Category : Americanization Languages : fr Pages : 140
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Dans une perspective comparatiste, les auteurs étudient les diverses politiques mises en place en Amérique du Nord et en Europe occidentale, qui s'appliquent aux minorités ethniques, au niveau local, dans le contexte d'une nouvelle répartition des tâches entre villes et État et de l'émergence du concept de diversité culturelle.
Author: Alain Gagnon Publisher: PUL ISBN: 9782729708092 Category : Americanization Languages : fr Pages : 140
Book Description
Dans une perspective comparatiste, les auteurs étudient les diverses politiques mises en place en Amérique du Nord et en Europe occidentale, qui s'appliquent aux minorités ethniques, au niveau local, dans le contexte d'une nouvelle répartition des tâches entre villes et État et de l'émergence du concept de diversité culturelle.
Author: Nancy Foner Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation ISBN: 1610448537 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 307
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Fifty years of large-scale immigration has brought significant ethnic, racial, and religious diversity to North America and Western Europe, but has also prompted hostile backlashes. In Fear, Anxiety, and National Identity, a distinguished multidisciplinary group of scholars examine whether and how immigrants and their offspring have been included in the prevailing national identity in the societies where they now live and to what extent they remain perpetual foreigners in the eyes of the long-established native-born. What specific social forces in each country account for the barriers immigrants and their children face, and how do anxieties about immigrant integration and national identity differ on the two sides of the Atlantic? Western European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have witnessed a significant increase in Muslim immigrants, which has given rise to nativist groups that question their belonging. Contributors Thomas Faist and Christian Ulbricht discuss how German politicians have implicitly compared the purported “backward” values of Muslim immigrants with the German idea of Leitkultur, or a society that values civil liberties and human rights, reinforcing the symbolic exclusion of Muslim immigrants. Similarly, Marieke Slootman and Jan Willem Duyvendak find that in the Netherlands, the conception of citizenship has shifted to focus less on political rights and duties and more on cultural norms and values. In this context, Turkish and Moroccan Muslim immigrants face increasing pressure to adopt “Dutch” culture, yet are simultaneously portrayed as having regressive views on gender and sexuality that make them unable to assimilate. Religion is less of a barrier to immigrants’ inclusion in the United States, where instead undocumented status drives much of the political and social marginalization of immigrants. As Mary C. Waters and Philip Kasinitz note, undocumented immigrants in the United States. are ineligible for the services and freedoms that citizens take for granted and often live in fear of detention and deportation. Yet, as Irene Bloemraad points out, Americans’ conception of national identity expanded to be more inclusive of immigrants and their children with political mobilization and changes in law, institutions, and culture in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. Canadians’ views also dramatically expanded in recent decades, with multiculturalism now an important part of their national identity, in contrast to Europeans’ fear that diversity undermines national solidarity. With immigration to North America and Western Europe a continuing reality, each region will have to confront anti-immigrant sentiments that create barriers for and threaten the inclusion of newcomers. Fear, Anxiety, and National Identity investigates the multifaceted connections among immigration, belonging, and citizenship, and provides new ways of thinking about national identity.
Author: Donna R. Gabaccia Publisher: ISBN: 9780756799410 Category : Languages : en Pages : 306
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A concise overview of Amer. immigration. Beginning with the first arrival of migrants from Asia, Africa, & Europe, & ending with a discussion of the U.S. at the turn of the 21st cent., this book offers an unflinching analysis of the relationships between America's nat. solidarity & ethnic diversity. Introduces the main migrations of each era of Amer. history, & examines the ensuing interaction between established citizens & new arrivals, & the formation of ethnic groups, regional cultures, & individual identities. Describes how each era perceived Americans,Ó & how each most recent group of immigrants sparked the recurring debate over the concept of Amer. nationality. Shows both the optimistic & disparaging image of the U.S. as a melting pot.Ó
Author: Peter Kivisto Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 145222269X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 321
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The most up-to-date analysis of today's immigration issues As the authors state in Chapter 1, "the movement of people across national borders represents one of the most vivid dramas of social reality in the contemporary world." This comparative text examines contemporary immigration across the globe, focusing on 20 major nations. Noted scholars Peter Kivisto and Thomas Faist introduce students to important topics of inquiry at the heart of the field, including Movement: Explores the theories of migration using a historical perspective of the modern world. Settlement: Provides clarity concerning the controversial matter of immigrant incorporation and refers to the varied ways immigrants come to be a part of a new society. Control: Focuses on the politics of immigration and examines the role of states in shaping how people choose to migrate. Key Features Provides comprehensive coverage of topics not covered in other texts, such as state and immigration control, focusing on policies created to control migratory flow and evolving views of citizenship Offers a global portrait of contemporary immigration, including a demographic overview of today's cross-border movers Offers critical assessments of the achievements of the field to date Encourages students to rethink traditional views about the distinction between citizen and alien in this global age Suggests paths for future research and new theoretical developments
Author: Elena L. Grigorenko Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135213593 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 314
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This edited volume presents an overview of research and policy issues pertaining to children from birth to 10 who are first- and second-generation immigrants to the U.S., as well as native-born children of immigrants. The contributors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on recent developments and research findings on children of immigrants. By accessibly presenting research findings and policy considerations in the field, this collection lays the foundation for changes in child and youth policies associated with the shifting ethnic, cultural, and linguistic profile of the U.S. population.
Author: Rainer Bauböck Publisher: Ashgate Publishing ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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Immigration from diverse origins has not only changed the social composition of highly industrialized societies. It has also profoundly affected their cultural identities. Nations originating from immigration, such as the USA, Australia or Israel, have reluctantly abandoned the vision of a melting pot wherein all ethnic origins would be transformed into a homogeneous national identity. But will common citizenship be sufficient to integrate an ethnic mosaic? Many European societies have traditionally identified the political nation with specific ethnic traditions. How much cultural adaptation can they expect from immigrants and how open are their national cultures for accommodating the immigrant experience? Ten authors address these questions. There is a common denominator: Cultural diversity resulting from immigration is neither seen as inherently desirable nor as a problem to be overcome, but rather as a challenge to which liberal democracies have not yet responded adequately.
Author: Ricard Zapata-Barrero Publisher: Peter Lang ISBN: 9789052015477 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 184
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During the last two decades, the debate on multiculturalism has been one-dimensional. It has deployed arguments related to cultural demands linked either to feminism, immigration, or national minorities. Little attention has been given to the relations between these dimensions, and how they affect each other. The purpose of this book is to set a research agenda around the interaction between cultural demands of immigrants and minority nations. The primary aim is to establish basic normative arguments while advancing an institutional analysis in three contexts: Quebec, Flanders and Catalonia. Each part contains two chapters that address the topic in terms of how immigration is seen from a self-government perspective, or how self-government is interpreted from an immigration perspective. The different chapters raise questions related to how this interaction challenges the idea of a culturally homogeneous nation-state, and also pushes us to other conceptualisations of «political community» and de-nationalised forms of citizenship. Current debates on diversity have failed to address these issues in societies where a dual belonging exists.
Author: Alain Gagnon
Author: Alain Gagnon
Author: Nancy Foner
Author: Donna R. Gabaccia
Author: Peter Kivisto
Author: Elena L. Grigorenko
Author: Rainer Bauböck
Author: Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Author: Amadou Sadjo Barry
Author: Elena L. Grigorenko
Author: Institut PANOS Paris