Citizenship Nationality And Ethnicity

Author : T. K. Ooman
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745616209
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizenship, Nationality and Ethnicity written by T. K. Ooman and published by Polity. This book was released on 1997-01-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most interpretations of ethnicity concentrate either on particular societies or on specific dimensions of 'world society'. This work takes quite a different approach, arguing that variations within and across societies are vital for understanding contemporary dilemmas of ethnicity. The author aims to develop a new analysis of the relation between the nation on the one hand, and ethnicity and citizenship on the other. Oommen conceives of the nation as a product of a fusion of territory and language. He demonstrates that neither religion nor race determines national identities. As territory is seminal for a nation to emerge and exist, the dissociation between people and their 'homeland' makes them an ethnie. Citizenship is conceptualized both as a status to which nationals and ethnies ought to be entitled and a set of obligations, a role they are expected to play. Analyses of three historical episodes - colonialism and European expansion, Communist internationalism and the nation-state and its project of cultural unity - are examined to provide the empirical content of the argument. This book will be essential reading for second-year undergraduates and above in the areas of sociology, anthropology and cultural studies.

Author : T. K. Oommen
Publisher : Blackwell Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780745616193
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizenship, Nationality, and Ethnicity written by T. K. Oommen and published by Blackwell Pub. This book was released on 1997-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Introducing the Argument

Author : Jeff Spinner-Halev
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801852398
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boundaries of Citizenship written by Jeff Spinner-Halev and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberalism has traditionally been equated with protecting the rights of the individual. But how does this protection affect the cultural identity of these individuals? In The Boundaries of Citizenship Jeff Spinner addresses this question by examining distinctive racial, ethnic, and national groups whose identities may be transformed in liberal society. Focusing on the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and African Americans in the United States and on the Quebecois in Canada, Spinner explores the paradox of how liberal values such as equality and individual autonomy—which members of cultural groups often fight to attain—can lead to the unexpected transformation of the group's identity. Spinner shows how liberalism fosters this transformation by encouraging the dispersal of the group's cultural practices throughout society. He examines why groups that reject the liberal values of equality and autonomy are the most successful at retaining their distinctive cultural identity. He finds, however, that these groups also fit—albeit uneasily—in the liberal state. Spinner concludes that citizens are benefitted more than harmed by liberalism's tendency to alter cultural boundaries. The Boundaries of Citizenship is a timely look at how cultural identities are formed and transformed—and why the political implications of this process are so important. The book will be of interest to readers in a broad range of academic disciplines, including political science, law, history, sociology, and cultural studies.

Author : Jeff Spinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boundaries of Citizenship written by Jeff Spinner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Bellamy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192802534
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction written by Richard Bellamy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen in a modern, complex community? Richard Bellamy approaches the subject of citizenship from a political perspective and, in clear and accessible language, addresses the complexities behind this highly topical issue.

Author : Haldun Gülalp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134203810
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict written by Haldun Gülalp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a new case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions. In a combination of case studies from Europe and the Middle East, this book’s comparative framework addresses the question of citizenship and ethnic conflict from the foundation of the nation-state, to the current challenges raised by globalization. This edited volume examines six different countries and looks at the way that ethnic or religious identity lies at the core of the national community, ultimately determining the state’s definition and treatment of its citizens. The selected contributors to this new volume investigate this common ambiguity in the construction of nations, and look at the contrasting ways in which the issues of citizenship and identity are handled by different nation-states. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars studying in the areas of citizenship and the nation-state, ethnic conflict, globalization and Middle Eastern and European Politics.

Author : Natalia Molina
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520246485
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fit to be Citizens? written by Natalia Molina and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how science and public health shaped the meaning of race in the early twentieth century. Examining the experiences of Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, this book illustrates the ways health officials used complexly constructed concerns about public health to demean, diminish, discipline, and define racial groups.

Author : Jeff Spinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boundaries of Citizenship written by Jeff Spinner and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald H. Bayor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199766037
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of American Immigration and Ethnicity written by Ronald H. Bayor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is the state of the field of immigration and ethnic history; what have scholars learned about previous immigration waves; and where is the field heading? These are the main questions as historians, linguists, sociologists, and political scientists in this book look at past and contemporary immigration and ethnicity"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Rodolfo D. Torres
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631210221
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race, Identity and Citizenship written by Rodolfo D. Torres and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-06-02 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, race and ethnicity have been the focus of theoretical, political, and policy debates. This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory, multiracial feminism, mixed race, whiteness, citizenship and globalization. Contributors include Angela Davis, Stuart Hall, Richard Delgado, Robert Miles, Michael Eric Dyson, Saskia Sassen, Etienne Balibar, Patricia Hill Collins, Renato Rosaldo, Stanley Aronowitz, and Collette Guillaumin.