Civics and citizenship Books

Book SynopsisHuman rights impact assessment (HRIA) has increasingly gained traction among state, business and civil society actors since the endorsement of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Human Rights Council in 2011. This timely and insightful Handbook addresses HRIA in the context of business and human rights. Employing state-of-the-art analysis of current practice, the contributors offer a dynamic overview of contemporary approaches to HRIA, looking ahead to its future trajectories. Chapters present key methodological concepts and new theoretical developments, comparing different approaches from project to sector and governance level. Collectively, these critical appraisals shed light on the role that HRIA can play in addressing the adverse human rights impacts of business activities and fostering sustainable development. Featuring extensive analysis of HRIA practice in a range of industrial contexts and global regions, this Handbook provides crucial insight for practitioners working with impact assessment, human rights, and sustainable development, as well as businesses, investors, government actors and multilateral institutions promoting responsible business conduct. Academics and others investigating human rights and impact assessments in business contexts will also benefit from this book's comprehensive analysis of theoretical developments in HRIA research. Contributors include: T. Bansal, S. Baumgartner, C. Brodeur, E. Buergi Bonanomi, R. Cleland, T.M. Collins, K.Y. Cordes, L.F. de Angulo, R. DeWinter-Schmitt, C. Doyle, G. Factor, B. Feiring, A. González Cavazos, N. Götzmann, J. Harrison, R.F. Jørgensen, S. Joyce, J. Loots, C. Lopez, S. McInerney-Lankford, B. Meyersfeld, I. Musselli, K. Salcito, C. Scheper, S. Szoke-Burke, I. Tamir, J.R. Tedaldi, N. ten Oever, D. Utlu, C.B. Veiberg, M. Wachenfeld, S. Walker, E. Wrzoncki, Y. Wyss, S. ZoenTrade Review‘Setting the tone for what is to date one of the most comprehensive publications on Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA), Götzmann provides not only the focus of the Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment but also the primary lens through which the book should be read and appraised. Like every good book, the Handbook has left us with more questions than answers.’ -- Adebayo Majekolage, Business and Human Rights Journal'Götzmann singlehandedly brings together an impressive array of high calibre authors to provide readers with a comprehensive Handbook on the topic of human rights impact assessment. With coverage across a variety of sectors, cases, issues, and dilemmas, the volume also offers insights and ideas for forging new pathways towards human rights enjoyment in a complex and contested world.' --Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia'The global community today faces a number of challenges and opportunities that bring with them threats to human rights. From intensive infrastructure delivery to natural resource exploitation, from climate change to mass migration, human rights are closely intertwined with environmental and political concerns. This Handbook offers clear-headed, expert advice on how human rights cannot only be considered in these developments but how they can be placed at the centre. The Handbook details leading methods, asserts the importance of diverse perspectives, considers varied socio-cultural contexts, and argues strongly for an interlinkage between project-based assessments and the broader business and human rights sphere. In so doing, the contributors deliver an essential resource for impact assessment practitioners, corporate, civil society and government representatives seeking to improve the consideration and protection of human rights.' --Sara Bice, President (2018-2019) International Association for Impact Assessment, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Australia'The duty to prepare human rights impact assessments has been, until now, honoured more in the breach than in the observance. This is due both to the lack of political will or good faith and to the complexity of the method. This impressive Handbook answers at least half of the equation: it shall now be for policy-makers and businesses to pick up the gauntlet.' --Olivier De Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food (2008-2014) and Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights'With a record number of shareholder resolutions filed on human rights due diligence in the 2019 proxy season, investors are increasingly asking companies to disclose how they identify and assess the real and potential adverse human rights impacts of their activities and business relationships. This Handbook provides valuable guidance for investors on a range of factors to consider when engaging companies on HRIAs, including how to ensure meaningful participation of rights-holders; relevant standards and frameworks to foster accountability; and what adequate disclosure of HRIA processes and findings should look like.' -- Paloma Muñoz Quick, Director, Investor Alliance for Human Rights‘If companies are to meet their responsibility to respect human rights, they need a clear understanding of what their impacts on people’s human rights are or could be. The practice of human rights impact assessment is still a developing field, and the sharing of methodologies, insights, successes and challenges is central to its advancement and consolidation. This Handbook offers both practitioners of impact assessment and all of us with an interest in advancing business respect for human rights, an invaluable resource. I challenge anyone not to find fresh ideas, reflections and inspiration in its pages.’ -- Caroline Rees, President and Co-Founder, Shift, US‘An important book for those who want to understand the process of translating corporate human rights due diligence into practical action, and ultimately results for the people affected by company decisions. An essential read for everyone working at the nexus of business and human rights.’ -- Ida Hyllested, Child Rights and Business Specialist at UNICEFTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment: Principles, methods and approaches Nora Götzmann METHODS AND APPROACHES 2. Company-commissioned HRIA: Concepts, practice, limitations and opportunities Kendyl Salcito 3. Community-based HRIA: Presenting an alternative view to the company narrative Caroline Brodeur, Irit Tamir and Sarah Zoen 4. Collaborative and participatory approaches to HRIA: The way forward? Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Sam Szoke-Burke and Tulika Bansal 5. Sector-wide impact assessment: A ‘big picture’ approach to addressing human rights impacts Margaret Wachenfeld, Elin Wrzoncki and Luis F. de Angulo 6. HRIA in the context of trade agreements Simon Walker RIGHTS-HOLDERS IN FOCUS 7. Children’s rights in HRIA: Marginalized or mainstreamed? Tara M. Collins 8. Indigenous peoples’ rights: Is HRIA an enabler for free, prior and informed consent? Cathal Doyle 9. The rights of women and girls in HRIA: The importance of gendered impact assessment Bonita Meyersfeld INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES 10. Knowing and showing: The role of HRIA in the food and beverage sector Yann Wyss and Tulika Bansal 11. Mining in Mexico: Lessons from an ex ante community-based HRIA on the right to water, the right to health and the right to a healthy environment Alejandro González Cavazos 12. Exploring the role of HRIA in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Cathrine Bloch Veiberg and Niels ten Oever 13. HRIA of trade agreements involving agriculture: Enabling innovative trade options that protect human rights Elisabeth Buergi Bonanomi and Irene Musselli 14. Travel and tourism: A comparative analysis of different HRIA approaches Sibylle Baumgartner and Tulika Bansal 15. Assessing human rights impacts in global value chains: Can HRIA go beyond social audits in the apparel industry? Christian Scheper 16 Infrastructure development in Africa: Making use of HRIA in public–private partnerships Josua Loots CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES 17. Challenges and strategies for meaningful rights-holder participation in company-commissioned HRIA Susan Joyce 18. Understanding conflict for HRIA Roper Cleland 19. The need for a multidisciplinary HRIA team: Learning and collaboration across fields of impact assessment Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt and Kendyl Salcito 20. Measuring business impacts on human rights: Practice and trends in the use of indicators for HRIA Cathrine Bloch Veiberg, Gabriela Factor and Jacqueline R. Tedaldi 21. Towards a definition of effectiveness in HRIA Deniz Utlu 22. The concept of accountability in HRIA Nora Götzmann 23. HRIA and the right to an effective remedy Carlos Lopez 24. Human rights, international financial institutions and environmental and social due diligence: The value added of HRIA Siobhán McInerney-Lankford 25. The use of impact assessments by governments and businesses: Questioning purpose and utility James Harrison 26. Realizing human rights and the 2030 Agenda through comprehensive impact assessments: Lessons learned from addressing indigenous peoples’ rights in the energy sector Birgitte Feiring CONCLUSION 27. Conclusion: State-of-the-art of HRIA and ways forward Nora Götzmann Index

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook provides a panoramic guide to the study and research of EU citizenship and its development within a challenging environment characterised by restrictive access to social benefits, Brexit, Euroscepticism and Covid-19. It combines theoretical perspectives with analyses of both the existing and future rights, duties and social protection that EU citizens ought to enjoy in a democratic and principled European Union.Featuring expert contributions from scholars both within and outside the discipline of law, the Research Handbook focuses on contemporary challenges facing the EU, such as Brexit, the erosion of rights and issues of constitutional choice for the citizens and governments of Europe, and highlights the reality of incomplete implementation of EU law and the role of the Court of Justice of the EU. A wide range of topics are discussed, featuring, but not limited to, differentiation, EU citizenship and nationality, the European Pillar of Social Rights, academic freedom and restrictions in free movement of persons. The book also applies a forward thinking approach by examining the promise of EU citizenship and the institutional reforms one might envisage in the future.Offering a thought-provoking contribution to ongoing debates and studies in the fields of EU citizenship, European internal market law and policy and European integration, this Research Handbook will be key reading for researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of law, political science, EU studies, and sociology.Trade Review‘This milestone Research Handbook is a must-read for researchers of the law and policy of European Union citizenship. It interrogates and recasts Union citizenship as a concept, as a vector of rights, and as a social experience; highlighting significant research questions at national, transnational and supranational levels as well as at their intersection. Its timely consideration of the implications for Union citizenship of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic and its emphasis on enhancing relationships with the Union’s nearest neighbours have produced a collection that reflects an unsettling era of challenge and change yet remains rooted in deep legal and theoretical foundations.’ -- Niamh Nic Shuibhne, The University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: challenges and crises of Union citizenship 1 Daniel Thym PART I THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS 2 The power of the norm: EU citizenship as constitutional right 13 Anne Wesemann 3 A social-constructivist approach towards the evolution of EU citizenship 32 Martin Steinfeld 4 The evolution of citizens’ rights in light of the EU’s constitutional development 49 Daniel Thym 5 The genesis of European rights 70 Willem Maas 6 EU citizenship: a social empathy perspective 83 Karmelia Yannakou 7 The relationship between national and EU citizenship: what is it and what should it be? 100 Martijn van den Brink PART II CITIZENS’ RIGHTS 8 Citizenship, territory and COVID-19 116 Stephen Coutts 9 The rules on the free movement of workers in the European Union 131 Adela Boitos and Manuel Kellerbauer 10 Free movement or fundamental rights? EU citizenship as a legal gateway to fundamental rights protection 149 Adrienne Yong 11 EU citizenship and family reunification: the evolving concept of a European Union territory 165 Hester Kroeze 12 Using EU citizenship to protect academic freedom: an alternative method 184 Tamas Dezso Ziegler 13 Does Member State withdrawal automatically extinguish EU citizenship? 201 Oliver Garner PART III SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP 14 EU citizenship and the welfare state 225 Francesco Costamagna and Stefano Giubboni 15 Progression and retrogression of the ECJ case law on access to social benefits 249 Ségolène Barbou des Places 16 The limits of judicialising transnational welfare progression and retrogression of the ECJ case law on access to social benefits 265 Susanne K. Schmidt 17 The outer limits of transnational solidarity between the EU’s Member States in a social security setting 282 Jaan Paju PART IV EU CITIZENSHIP POST-BREXIT: DIFFERENTIATED CITIZENSHIP REVISITED 18 Differentiated citizenship in the European Economic Area 297 Christian Franklin and Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen 19 ‘Citizenship of the Association’: the examples of Turkey and Switzerland 320 Narin Idriz and Christa Tobler 20 Employment and social rights of labour migrants post-Brexit 343 Herwig Verschueren 21 Irish citizenship law after Brexit: implications for Northern Ireland 364 Clemens M Rieder 22 Epilogue: on guest houses and institutional reconfigurations 384 Dora Kostakopoulou Index

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Book SynopsisFrom 'I Like Ike' to MAGA hats, branding and politics have gone hand in hand, selling ideas, ideals and candidates. Political Brands is a unique exploration of the legal framework for the use of commercial branding and advertising techniques in presidential political campaigns, as well as the impact of politics on commercial brands. As American federal courts have narrowed the definition of corruption and struck down laws that make lying illegal, branding techniques have been exploited for pernicious purposes. This interdisciplinary book also considers how Donald Trump won the election and used his branding talents to his advantage as both candidate and president. Examining how branding and the power of commercial boycotts can be used by citizens to change public policy, from Civil Rights activists in the 1960's to survivors of the 2018 Parkland massacre, this thought-provoking book navigates the branded American landscape. Containing unique coverage of campaign finance issues, this book will be of great interest to academics working in law, government and political science, with the exploration of the myriad of advertising techniques also making this a key resource for media law and business professors.Trade Review'The law of democracy needs a new way to think about how ''free speech'' works. This beautifully crafted story of the place of ''brands'' within the minds of the political public is a powerful invitation. It is not clear how long the naively simplistic view of American courts about how speech works will survive. My bet is that this brilliant book by one of America's leading election lawyers has shortened its life substantially.' --Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University, US'More than ever, corporations are getting involved in hot-button political issues to protect their images and candidates eschew distinctive positions in favor of their party's ''brand''. In this insightful and revelatory book, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy shows how the Supreme Court, applying specious reasoning, read the Constitution to usher in this new era of political branding and profoundly deformed American politics.' --Adam Winkler, University of California, Los Angeles, US'Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written a must-read synthesis and call to action for anyone who wants to understand the American political situation. She carefully and clearly unpacks the myriad ways the Supreme Court has bent laws governing elections into shapes that would have been unrecognizable thirty years ago. Read this book for clarity amid the anger, and consider the proposed set of plausible reforms as a constructive alternative to despair.' --John Coates, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface – Branding Itself Part I. The Legal Landscape 1. Branding Truth 2. Branding Corruption 3. Branding Corporations Part II. Branding Infecting Politics 4. Branding Partisanship 5. Branding Candidates on TV 6. Branding Candidates Online Part III. When Branding Gets Pernicious 7. Branding the News 8. Branding Treason 9. Branding Racism Part IV. Rejecting Toxic Brands 10. Branding Greed 11. Branding Boycotts 12. Branding Tragedy Epilogue – Needed Reforms Index

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Book SynopsisTaking an integrated approach, this unique Handbook places the terms 'citizenship' and 'migration' on an equal footing, examining how they are related to each other, both conceptually and empirically. Expert contributors explore how citizenship and migration intersect in contemporary thinking, going beyond accounts that often treat the terms separately or simply point out the implications of one term for the other. Organised into five parts, chapters address the basic theoretical perspectives on citizenship and migration, including normative approaches, cross-national differences in citizenship regimes, and methodological issues. The Handbook then moves on to look at the three fundamental dimensions of citizenship: membership, rights, and participation. The final part discusses key contemporary challenges and future perspectives for the study of citizenship and migration.This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students engaged in the study of citizenship, migration, public policy, human rights, sociology and political science, more broadly. Its interdisciplinary perspective and use of empirical studies will also be beneficial for practitioners and policy makers in these fields.Trade Review'Citizenship and migration have been increasingly important topics in academic research as well as in public discourse. This Handbook connects the two phenomena systematically, looking at migration from a citizenship perspective and examining how citizenship has been transformed through migration. It provides an excellent introduction into the state of art with regard to the membership, rights, and participation dimensions of the citizenship and migration nexus.' -- Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Italy and Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria'With a very well selected set of authors, who span a wide range of conceptual and empirical work on citizenship and migration, this Handbook offers an excellent one-stop resource for all advanced scholars of the subject. It captures well some of the key current debates structuring work in this ever-expanding field.' -- Adrian Favell, University of Leeds, UK‘At a time when the interaction between citizenship and migration comes under intense scrutiny – as the pandemic forces us to rethink who can cross borders, what is the difference between a migrant and a citizen, what are the rights of each and whose work or health is more essential – this is a timely and needed Handbook offering a critical overview of the multiple intersections between migration and citizenship in theory and in real life.’ -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Citizenship and migration: mapping the terrain 1 Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 2 Normative perspectives on citizenship and migration: the challenge of integration into citizenship in immigration societies 21 Matteo Gianni 3 Empirical perspectives on citizenship and migration: the challenge of capturing complexity 37 Laurence Lessard-Phillips and Nobuko Nagai 4 Citizenship models and migrant integration: rethinking the intersection of citizenship and migrant integration through (b)ordering 52 Luca Pfirter, Lisa Marie Borrelli, Didier Ruedin and Stefanie Kurt 5 Quantitative methodological approaches to citizenship and migration 66 Natalia C. Malancu and Alexandra Florea 6 Qualitative methodological approaches to citizenship and migration 83 Maria Xenitidou PART II MEMBERSHIP 7 General perspectives on membership: citizenship, migration and the end of liberalism 101 James F. Hollifield 8 Public attitudes toward granting citizenship status and extending rights to immigrants in European countries 118 Alin M. Ceobanu and Xavier Escandell 9 Migrants’ economic integration: problematising economic citizenship 135 Nathan Lillie and Quivine Ndomo 10 Membership, migrants and social cohesion 149 Shamit Saggar 11 Public deliberation and political inclusion: questioning Muslim loyalty in the Netherlands 164 Thijl Sunier PART III RIGHTS 12 General perspectives: citizenship rights and migration 179 Thomas Janoski 13 Immigrants, emigrants and the right to vote: a story of double standards 195 Jean-Thomas Arrighi 14 Citizenship, refugees and migration in the European Union 211 Willem Maas 15 Social protection of migrants and citizenship rights 224 Edward Koning 16 Gender perspectives on citizenship rights and social protection for migrants 237 Daiva Stasiulis PART IV PARTICIPATION 17 General perspectives: citizenship, migration and participation 255 Katia Pilati 18 Framing citizens in the field of immigration politics 270 Rens Vliegenthart 19 Citizenship, migration and voting behavior 285 Oliver Strijbis 20 Migrants’ political participation beyond electoral arenas 304 Daniela Vintila and Marco Martiniello 21 Protest in the policy field of asylum politics 318 Leila Hadj Abdou and Sieglinde Rosenberger PART V PRESENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 22 Citizenship and migration in a globalized world 334 Catherine Wihtol de Wenden 23 The multiple dimensions of citizenship and the postnational turn 348 Manlio Cinalli and David Jacobson 24 Citizenship and migration in cities 362 Sandro Cattacin and Fiorenza Gamba 25 Populism, citizenship and migration 377 Pontus Odmalm 26 The limits of multicultural citizenship and the intercultural citizenship post-multicultural research agenda 391 Ricard Zapata-Barrero Index

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Book SynopsisCitizens' Solidarity in Europe systematically dissects the manifestations of solidarity buried beneath the official policies and measures of public authority in Europe. This critical book provides a comparative analysis of eight European countries, illustrating the scale of support for cross-national solidarity from both individuals and civic organizations. Contributors offer comprehensive and original data, analysing opinion polls, organizational fields and media content, to unpack the thoughts, opinions and attitudes of civil society. Chapters highlight the detrimental factors that tend to inhibit or annihilate solidarity, and those that are beneficial for the nurturing of solidarity. Offering innovative ideas and fresh data, this book will be crucial reading for researchers and students of sociology and political science, particularly those focused on European and comparative studies. Journalists, NGOs, public authorities and politicians will also benefit from its unique insight into public opinion. Contributors include: S. Baglioni, V.K. Brändle, M. Cinalli, O. Eisele, V. Federico, M. Grasso, M. Kousis, C. Lahusen, A. Loukakis, T. Montgomery, M. Paschou, H.-J. TrenzTrade Review'Solidarity is a neglected theme in political theory. It is also a crucial concern for Europe, where it is the necessary but often strained complement to economic integration. This valuable collection shows the importance of civil society organizations and also of law and the actions of ordinary citizens. It points to ways in which Europe can lead the world.' --Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University, US'This impressive book comes just in time. Solidarity is under pressure everywhere in Europe, not only from the far right, also from mainstream politics, the neoliberal media-elites and the European Court, that meanwhile restricts the right to move to the good and hard working citizen. However, European citizens see that differently. In their majority they understand solidarity as political and social equality between European citizens, regions and states, and they are prepared to pay for the common wealth of all of us. Moreover, as in the founding documents of modern democracy the citizens of Europe know that European solidarity has also cosmopolitan implications. This book gives courage to make ever more public use of our own reason, that only through public use becomes an irresistible force of solidarity.' --Hauke Brunkhorst, the European-University Flensburg, Germany'It is in moments of crisis that solidarity is all the more important, but also all the more contested. This very interesting volume help us understanding how European citizens, organizations and institutions conceive of and practice solidarity.' --Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 European solidarity: an introduction to a multifaceted phenomenon 1 Christian Lahusen 2 Solidarity in Europe: a comparative account of citizens’ attitudes and practices 29 Maria Grasso and Christian Lahusen 3 Waves of transnational solidarity organisations in times of crises: actions, obstacles and opportunities in Europe 55 Maria Kousis, Angelos Loukakis, Maria Paschou and Christian Lahusen 4 The welfare dimension: understanding trans(national) solidarity in Europe 85 Simone Baglioni and Tom Montgomery 5 Talking about solidarity . . . it sounds like a whisper: solidarity in law and public policies 101 Veronica Federico 6 Solidarity contestation in the public domain during the ‘refugee crisis’ 120 Manlio Cinalli, Olga Eisele, Verena K. Brändle and Hans-Jörg Trenz 7 Taking voice and taking sides: the role of social media commenting in solidarity contestation 149 Hans-Jörg Trenz, Verena K. Brändle, Manlio Cinalli and Olga Eisele 8 Conclusion: the entangled paths towards European solidarity 177 Christian Lahusen Index 193

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book explores the diverse and contested meanings of ''citizenship'' in the 21st century, as representative democracy faces a mounting crisis in the wake of the Digital Age. Luigi Ceccarini enriches and updates the common notion of citizenship, answering the question of how it is possible to fully live as a citizen in a post-modern political community.Employing an international, multidisciplinary framework, Ceccarini brings together the findings of continental political philosophy and history, and contemporary western political science and communication studies to advance our understanding of political motivation and participation in the present day. As new participatory and monitoring dynamics of online citizenship redefine the very form of public space, this timely book addresses the values, creativity and aspirations through which social actors engage with a networked society, making use of technological innovations and new forms of communication to participate in post-representative politics.A provocative call to action in an era defined by distrust, disillusionment and digitization, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of political science, sociology and communication studies, particularly those seeking a thoroughly modern understanding of digital citizenship. It will also benefit advanced political science students in need of a historical overview of the concept of citizenship and how it has developed under the auspices of the Internet.Trade Review'What does it mean to be a ''good online citizen''? While it has become a commonplace to say that the Internet is profoundly changing our political and social lives, few commentators have delved into the full ramifications of its implications for citizenship as thoroughly as Luigi Ceccarini does here in this richly documented account.' -- Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. In the background 2. Citizenship, identity and political community 3. Citizens: dealigned and critical 4. Participation and (post)democracy 5. ‘Monitoria’ and responsibility 6. Going beyond mediation 7. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This insightful Advanced Introduction provides a kaleidoscopic overview of key US civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion, limitations on search and seizure, due process in criminal proceedings, autonomy rights, rights of equality, and democratic participation. Key Features: Discusses the historical development and current status of core civil liberties Examines the tension between libertarian and egalitarian views of civil liberties Promotes further understanding of the role of the US Supreme Court and other actors in setting levels of protection for civil liberties Provides an overview of common themes in development and interpretation of constitutionally protected civil liberties in multiple areas, including abortion Featuring examples of how key civil liberties have been shaped by historical, legal, and philosophical forces, this Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars in American studies, history, human rights, law and politics, and political science.Trade Review‘Professor Susan Herman has written a brilliant description of civil liberties in the United States. With remarkable clarity, she explains complicated legal concepts, tracing the history of civil rights in the United States and discussing important current issues. This book will be an invaluable resource for experts and non-experts alike, and will be enormously helpful to students, as well as lawyers, judges, and everyone interested in learning more about civil liberties.’ -- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This authoritative text is essential reading for students and practitioners of constitutional law. The author's direct experience, as President of the ACLU, adds invaluable depth and insight in confronting continuing and new constitutional challenges.’ -- Professor Emerita Geraldine Van Bueren KC, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, UK‘At a moment when rights are under threat, Herman sets out to clearly define the evolution and parameters of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the United States. In doing so, she does not shirk from the dark moments of US constitutional history, or from addressing how the peculiarly American approach to freedom of speech continues to present controversies around extremist speech, campus protests and campaign finance.’ -- Liam Herrick, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland‘With her extensive experience teaching Constitutional Law and as President of the ACLU, Susan Herman is the ideal person to introduce readers to U.S. civil liberties. This book provides a variety of fascinating perspectives on civil liberties generally – history, law, current conditions – and on sizzling issues ranging from abortion to voting rights.’ -- Nadine Strossen, FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), US

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This insightful Advanced Introduction provides a kaleidoscopic overview of key US civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion, limitations on search and seizure, due process in criminal proceedings, autonomy rights, rights of equality, and democratic participation. Key Features: Discusses the historical development and current status of core civil liberties Examines the tension between libertarian and egalitarian views of civil liberties Promotes further understanding of the role of the US Supreme Court and other actors in setting levels of protection for civil liberties Provides an overview of common themes in development and interpretation of constitutionally protected civil liberties in multiple areas, including abortion Featuring examples of how key civil liberties have been shaped by historical, legal, and philosophical forces, this Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars in American studies, history, human rights, law and politics, and political science.Trade Review‘Professor Susan Herman has written a brilliant description of civil liberties in the United States. With remarkable clarity, she explains complicated legal concepts, tracing the history of civil rights in the United States and discussing important current issues. This book will be an invaluable resource for experts and non-experts alike, and will be enormously helpful to students, as well as lawyers, judges, and everyone interested in learning more about civil liberties.’ -- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This authoritative text is essential reading for students and practitioners of constitutional law. The author's direct experience, as President of the ACLU, adds invaluable depth and insight in confronting continuing and new constitutional challenges.’ -- Professor Emerita Geraldine Van Bueren KC, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, UK‘At a moment when rights are under threat, Herman sets out to clearly define the evolution and parameters of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the United States. In doing so, she does not shirk from the dark moments of US constitutional history, or from addressing how the peculiarly American approach to freedom of speech continues to present controversies around extremist speech, campus protests and campaign finance.’ -- Liam Herrick, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland‘With her extensive experience teaching Constitutional Law and as President of the ACLU, Susan Herman is the ideal person to introduce readers to U.S. civil liberties. This book provides a variety of fascinating perspectives on civil liberties generally – history, law, current conditions – and on sizzling issues ranging from abortion to voting rights.’ -- Nadine Strossen, FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), US

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Book SynopsisUnderscoring the complex relationship between civic engagement and education at all stages of life, this innovative Handbook identifies the contemporary challenges and best approaches and practices to encourage civic engagement within education.Chapters cover the theoretical and historical background of civic engagement and education, ideological and social movements, civic-oriented education, curriculum, and outcomes. Using empirical comparative data and unique context-specific studies, the Handbook explores ecopedagogy, education in emergencies, and the novel concept of social contract pedagogy. Addressing contemporary challenges to civic engagement in education, it examines polarization and extremism, accelerating planetary and societal changes, environmental crises, the digital divide, and post-Covid civic education. Ultimately, it finds that civic engagement is best supported by education practices that are characterized by humanizing, negotiated, collaborative, and dialogical approaches which encourage students to develop civic knowledge, critical thinking skills, and moral and ethical values.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this Handbook will prove vital to students and scholars of sociology and education studies. Its holistic understanding of how civic engagement and education interrelate at local, regional, and global levels will also be useful to policymakers concerned with improving civic and student support, engagement, and participation in education.Trade Review‘A thought-provoking and significant contribution to the thinking on civic engagement and education that successfully integrates empirical knowledge with sophisticated theoretical perspectives. The editors should be congratulated for assembling such a stellar collection of authors. This book is an indispensable source for established scholars as well as students new to the field.’ -- Kjell Rubenson, University of British Columbia, Canada‘Since the Enlightenment, education’s influence on citizenship has been a constant topic of policy debate, theoretical reflection, and empirical research. As well as taking stock of our current understanding, this stimulating, interdisciplinary collection by outstanding scholars sheds new light on this complex relationship in a changing and often challenging global context.’ -- John Field, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: civic engagement and education 1 Richard Desjardins and Susan Wiksten PART I BACKGROUND AND THEORY 1 Civic education agendas: from popular education and nationalism to global efforts 12 Susan Wiksten 2 Habermas and civic education 28 Raymond A. Morrow 3 Seeking moral high ground – global citizenship education: the quest for a global planetarian ethics 42 Carlos Alberto Torres 4 Social contract pedagogy: enabling communication and governance for the negotiation of balanced outcomes 56 Richard Desjardins PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 5 Education as social movement tactic, target, context, and outcome 68 Tricia Niesz 6 Community engagement, feminist movements, and academia: the development of women’s studies in the United States 83 Sondra Hale 7 Ecopedagogy: teaching for socio-environmental civic actions through local, global and planetary lenses 94 Greg William Misiaszek and Syed Nitas Iftekhar 8 Global citizenship education to disrupt neo-nationalism 106 Amy Pojar, Yuqing Hou and Jason Nunzio Dorio PART III CIVIC-ORIENTED EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND OUTCOMES 9 Civic education and voting 123 David E. Campbell 10 Education and tolerance: a review of recent research 133 Jan Germen Janmaat 11 Youth civic engagement 152 Xavier Mellet 12 Critical media literacy for civic engagement in the United States 162 Jeff Share and Trent M. C. McBride 13 Aims, concepts, and assessment of the citizenship education curriculum in northern Europe 173 Najat Ouakrim-Soivio and Jan Löfström 14 Politics and ethics of civic and citizenship education curricula in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 182 Jan Löfström and Najat Ouakrim-Soivio 15 Intercultural citizenship education in university settings 191 Irina Golubeva PART IV STUDIES USING COMPARATIVE DATA 16 The IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 211 Wolfram Schulz and Ralph Carstens 17 Review of International Civic and Citizenship Survey data analyses of student political efficacy 234 Eva Kosberg and Tessa Eriksen Grevle 18 Volunteer participation, STEM background, and basic skills among adults in the United States 247 Takashi Yamashita, Wonmai Punksungka and Phyllis A. Cummins PART V STUDIES IN SPECIFIC CONTEXTS 19 Civic and social engagement outcomes of education in emergencies: perspectives from varied contexts 265 Andrew Swindell, Brian McCommons and Kathlyn Elliot 20 Learning for change in health and social care: expertise by experience as a new form of civic engagement 279 Hanna Toiviainen and Elina Weiste 21 Civic engagement during the biographical transition to retirement in Germany 294 Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha and Veronika Thalhammer 22 Integral education in Brazil: the main elements of the debate applied to an adult and youth school in São Paulo 305 Aline Zero Soares Index

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Book SynopsisBuilding a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the limits of transitional justice theory, this innovative book proposes a new concept of the transitional justice citizen.Throughout the book, Briony Jones addresses contemporary criticism of transitional justice theory and practice in order to improve our understanding of the agency of people at times of transition. Drawing on three diverse case studies from across the globe, chapters demonstrate how the transitional justice citizen is defined by transitional justice discourse, policy and practice, and through acts of claiming justice such as protests and political violence. Combining in-depth theorization with empirical insights, this perceptive book positions the concept of citizenship within the context of long-term historical political struggle and the contemporary importance of justice.Investigating the current debates and key research gaps in the field of transitional justice, this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of transitional justice, including those focusing on peacebuilding, citizenship, democratization, and political geography. It will also be beneficial for transitional justice practitioners who wish to reflect on their practice and compare their work with other case studies.Trade Review‘Lucid and persuasive in equal measure, this is the first sustained engagement with how the citizen is constructed and imagined in transitional justice. A multi-dimensional study of everyday agency as transitional justice plays out, it makes a compelling case for more responsive and more effective approaches, but eschews familiar easy answers.’ -- Padraig McAuliffe, University of Liverpool, UK‘This is an important contribution to an emerging critical studies literature on transitional justice that starts with the deceptively simple premise of looking at the post-conflict context from the inside-out, putting the people themselves at the center of analysis. The power and challenge of this approach is that it asks us to look beyond the usual mental maps and implicit assumptions about what justice is supposed to mean, together with the means by which justice should be brought about.’ -- Dustin Sharp, University of San Diego, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: contextualizing the struggle for justice to learn from the citizen PART I THE CITIZEN AS JUSTICE RECEIVER 2. The citizen as rights bearer: victims, norms and transitional justice entrepreneurs 3. The citizen as duties bearer: participation, outreach and consultation 4. The citizen as a holder of virtues PART II THE CITIZEN AS JUSTICE SEEKER 5. We can make claims too: acts of inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire 6. These claims should be included: acts of expansion and Tunisian Black activism 7. We can make claims in this way: acts of disruption and education reform in Brčko District, Bosnia-Herzegovina 8. Conclusion to The Transitional Justice Citizen Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources.Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility. Covering diverse geographies and using interdisciplinary approaches, contributions provide new analysis of migration futures. A discrete chapter on digital technology and COVID-19 global pandemic offers reflections on how migration and mobility are being profoundly reshaped by the global pandemic. The practical applications and limitations of digital technology in relation to international migration are also highlighted and supported with key case studies. Analytical yet accessible, this Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the fields of migration and digital technology, while also being of benefit to policy makers and civil society actors specialising in migration.Trade Review‘A pioneer Research Handbook in a burgeoning field mapping the multifaceted interlinkages between international migration and digital technology. This edited volume fills a huge gap in the current literature, providing the state of the art and exploring future avenues to better understand the profound impact of digital transformations upon the processes, patterns and politics of migration. While offering a rich array of topics, perspectives and disciplines, this Research Handbook illuminates the complexities and controversies surrounding digital technology as a facilitator and a disruptor of international migration. The reader will find insightful analyses of many topical issues, including the use of digital technology in migration research and analysis, its role as a tool of empowerment and agency of migrants across the migration cycle, the digitalization and automation of border control and population surveillance, and the spread of disinformation in the public debate. A must-read for anyone interested in the cutting-edge issues associated with migration and digital technology.’ -- Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute, Switzerland‘This book is a must-read for everyone interested in the intersection between migration and digitalization. As the volume of data grows from expanding forms of technology, the implications for understanding migration are wide-ranging. Impressive in scope, this book offers us a lens for examining how data-driven technologies are reshaping migration in fundamental ways.’ -- Katharine M. Donato, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University, US‘This Research Handbook is a major advance in the study of the relationship between international migration and digital technology. Not only does it powerfully synthesize an emerging and hugely important field of research, but it also establishes new agendas for future enquiry.’ -- Andrew Geddes, European University Institute, Italy'This is a much-needed Research Handbook on how the rapid evolution of digital technologies is changing international migration pathways and policies. Contributions to this volume highlight the challenges of advanced technologies for human rights violations, as well as the possibilities they open up for migrant connectivity across time and space. A must-have for students, researchers and media and policy professionals working in this field.' -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 International migration and digital technology: an overview 1 Marie McAuliffe PART I UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND MIGRATION RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 2 Digital migration studies 15 Koen Leurs and Saskia Witteborn 3 Migration stocks and flows: data concepts, availability and comparability 29 Dilek Yildiz and Guy Abel 4 The roles and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows and human mobility 42 Marie McAuliffe and Adam Sawyer 5 The practice and politics of migration data visualization 58 William Allen 6 Migration networks: applications of network analysis to macroscale migration patterns 70 Valentin Danchev and Mason A. Porter PART II DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE ACT OF MOVING: (IM)MOBILITY, BARRIERS AND BORDERS 7 Navigating borders/navigating networks: migration, technology and social capital 92 Farah Azhar, Sara Vannini, Bryce Clayton Newell and Ricardo Gomez 8 Mobile data challenges for human mobility analysis and humanitarian response 107 Albert Ali Salah 9 Migrant smuggling and ICT: research advances, prospects and challenges 123 Georgios Papanicolaou, Parisa Diba and Georgios A. Antonopoulos 10 Robots and refugees: the human rights impacts of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making in migration 134 Petra Molnar 11 Drones and border control: an examination of state and non-state actor use of UAVs along borders 152 Rey Koslowski PART III INTEGRATION, REINTEGRATION AND MIGRANTS’ (DIGITAL) (VIRTUAL) (TRANSNATIONAL) IDENTITIES 12 Migrant inclusion 4.0: the role of mobile tech 167 Céline Bauloz 13 Online technology for promoting the inclusion of refugees into higher education: a systematic review of current approaches and developments 182 Franziska Reinhardt, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Roland Happ and Sarah Nell-Müller 14 Using ICTs to be here and not ‘here’: African migrants and religious transnationalism 195 Henrietta Nyamnjoh 15 ICTs and transnational householding: the double burden of polymedia connectivity for international ‘study mothers’ 207 Yang Wang and Sun Sun Lim 16 In support of return and reintegration? A roadmap for a responsible use of technology 220 Nassim Majidi, Camille Kasavan and G. Harindranath PART IV CONNECTIVITY AND MIGRATION: TRENDS AND IMPACTS 17 Technology for engaging and empowering migrant workers 236 Angela Kintominas, Laurie Berg and Bassina Farbenblum 18 Mobile money and financial inclusion of migrants in sub-Saharan Africa 251 Adrian Kitimbo 19 The gender dimensions of technology in the context of migration and displacement: a critical overview 267 Ibrahim L. Saïd 20 Mobility of tech professionals in the world economy: the case of Indian entrepreneurialism in the United States 284 Binod Khadria and Ratnam Mishra 21 Transnational families and technology: trends, impacts and futures 300 Jacqueline Bhabha, Abhishek Bhatia and Sam Peisch PART V MIGRATION, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC DEBATES 22 How online disinformation and far-right activism is shaping public debates on immigration 316 Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter 23 The role of networked publics in immigration debates 330 Markus Ojala 24 Using new media platforms for human rights advocacy in real-time: people seeking asylum in Nauru and Papua New Guinea 344 Cecilia Cannon and Shaminda Kanapathi PART VI DIGITAL MIGRATION FUTURES 25 Technological transformations in migration processes: spatiality, temporality and agency 361 Huub Dijstelbloem 26 Migration forecasting using new technology and methods 376 Arkadiusz Wiśniowski 27 Ahead of the policy curve: migrants harnessing tech to survive 393 Emre Eren Korkmaz 28 Migration, mobility and digital technology in a post-COVID-19 world: initial reflections on transformations underway 406 Marie McAuliffe and Jenna Blower Index 423

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Book SynopsisExploring the notion that norms are often seen as static structures governing society, politics and legislation, this thought-provoking book offers insights into Robert Alexy's theory of constitutional rights and the range in rigidity of two norm categories: rules and principles. Arguing that constitutional pluralism and the differentiation between norms is also present in EU law, Anne Wesemann asserts that EU Citizenship is a principle and thus a constitutional rights norm. Providing new perspectives on constitutionalism in the EU, this book considers the way the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) discusses and applies the EU citizenship Treaty norms by analysing the court's approach to decision making, which mirrors the balancing and weighing of conflicting principles. Wesemann proposes a new approach to constitutional analysis of the EU and its legal framework, arguing that the existence of constitutional rights norms in EU law enables this particular legal order to respond effectively to societal and political challenges within the rigidity of constitutionalism. Citizenship in the European Union will be a key resource for scholars and students of constitutional law and politics. Its contribution to the discourse around judicial activism and politicisation will also be essential reading for those studying the workings of the CJEU.Trade Review'Although the topic of European citizenship has been much discussed in academic literature and beyond for decades, Anne Wesemann manages to offer a highly original analysis of this legal status in this book. Not only is it strongly theoretically grounded on European continental legal theory, but it also offers us a new lens through which we can understand the journey of the Court of Justice of the EU on this matter. A must-read for everyone interested in EU citizenship.' --Nuno Ferreira, University of Sussex, UK'Anne Wesemann offers a welcome addition to EU theoretical analysis that draws upon Alexy's concept of principles as constitutional rights norms. Extrapolating Alexy's German model to the transnational setting, she develops citizenship as a structural norm operating as a balancing principle that requires the Court of Justice to grasp ''the art of the possible''. Her insightful reappraisal of key judgments defends the Court against charges of undue activism and instead re-interprets its stance on citizenship as legitimate constitutional evolution.' --Malcolm Ross, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Constitutional Rights Theory 3. European (Pluralist) Constitutionalism 4. Citizenship 5. The Court Of Justice As Constitutional Court 6. European Union Citizenship As Constitutional Right 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book uses a little-known methodological research tool to study ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS), the subject of the book, is a novel and interesting social phenomenon which seems to constitute a more ecologically rational and socially inclusive form of economic activity. LETS is a system for exchanging goods and services without the use of formal, legal tender. Unlike barter, LETS members buy and sell using their own nominal currency units, but the currency in which trade is conducted is purely a means of exchange, not a commodity in itself or a store of value.The authors of this book examine LETS, and in particular they discuss whether LETS can be viewed as an aspect of the 'greening' of citizenship, with the potential to contribute to the transition to, and maintenance of, a more sustainable society. They describe the part LETS can play in raising environmental awareness; offering more sustainable practices of production and consumption and helping to create in the community the preconditions for sustainability.In their study of LETS, the authors use Q methodology, (a qualitative methodology for the systematic study of subjectivity and shared discourses) and at the same time they evaluate its usefulness for social scientific environmental research. They find that it is a powerful methodological approach which is consistent with many of the core principles, values and aims of ecological economics. They also conclude that Q has the potential to contribute to environmental policy analysis and the creation of a more participative, democratic and effective form of environmental policy making.This book will be of great interest to all social scientists interested in social movements, environment and citizenship, and in particular those wanting to understand the application of Q methodology for social science research.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. What are LETS? 3. The Research Project and Research Methodology 4. Understandings of LETS: Q Sort I 5. LETS, Citizenship and Politics: Q Sort II 6. LETS and Environmental Sustainability: Q Sort III 7. LETS and the Transition to Sustainability 8. Q Methodology and Environmental Research References Index

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Book SynopsisHuman mobility has been a widely examined phenomenon in the social sciences, and in this increasingly globalized world migration continues to be of significant concern. The chapters comprising this volume on Thinking Beyond the State address the need to think beyond prevailing state discourses in problematizing human movements between Japan and the Philippines, by focusing on the presence of other actors involved in these processes. This collection investigates a range of issues that are part and parcel of the migration experience: citizenship and nationality, migrant incorporation and integration, human security, migrant welfare, philanthropy, identity, and multiculturalism. The editor and contributors aim to inform the larger public of the realities that are embedded in this particular phenomenon, as well as engage academics involved in migration studies. The book will be a valuable resource to those with professional interests in the East Asian region, most particularly in Japan and the Philippines.Trade ReviewAn important study that will be a major contribution to the field of Filipino migration studies. ... The research findings have implications for future policy-making and underscore the need for transnational approaches to migration that, as the books title suggests, think beyond the state. -- Professor Mina Roces, School of Humanities and Languages, The University of New South Wales

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Book SynopsisThe free movement of EU citizens is the most visible sociological consequence of the remarkable process of European integration that has transformed the continent since the Second World War. Pioneers of European Integration offers the first systematic analysis of the small but symbolically potent number of Europeans who have chosen to live and work as foreigners in another member state of the EU. Based on an original survey of 5000 people moving to and from the EU's five largest countries, the book documents the demographic profile, migration choices, cultural adaptation, social mobility, political participation and media use of these pioneers of a transnational Europe, as well as opening a window to the new waves of intra-EU East-West migrations.Students and scholars of sociology, political science, human geography, anthropology, migration studies and European studies will all warmly welcome the volume. Civil servants and policymakers will also find this book an essential tool in coming to terms with the implications of EU citizenship and the transformative effects of this unprecedented European integration 'from below'.Trade Review‘Pioneers of European Integration contributes greatly to European sociology by offering unique quantitative data on the so far uncharted group of intra-EU movers.' -- Theresa Kuhn, European Sociological Review'Free movement has become a defining feature of European society. This important study answers the question "who are these free movers?" Using both quantitative and qualitative research evidence, it brings new perspectives to the sociology of European migration and integration, broadening the analysis from traditional labour migrants to various new kinds of spatial and social mobility in the continent.' -- Russell King, University of Sussex and Sussex Centre for Migration Research, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Pioneers of European Integration: An Introduction Adrian Favell and Ettore Recchi 2. The Demographics of Movers and Stayers in the European Union Michael Braun and Camelia Arsene 3. Deciding to Move: Migration Projects in an Integrating Europe Oscar Santacreu, Emiliana Baldoni and María Carmen Albert 4. The Social Mobility of Mobile Europeans Ettore Recchi 5. Living Across Cultures in a Transnational Europe Antonio Alaminos and Oscar Santacreu 6. More Mobile, More European? Free Movement and EU Identity Nina Rother and Tina M. Nebe 7. EU Movers and Politics: Towards a Fully-Fledged European Citizenship? Anne Muxel 8. A Common Information Space? The Media Use of EU Movers Damian Tambini and Nina Rother 9. Internal and External Movers: East–West Migration and the Impact of EU Enlargement Adrian Favell and Tina M. Nebe References Appendix A. Methodological Notes Michael Braun and Oscar Santacreu Appendix B. EIMSS Questionnaire Appendix C. External Movers’ Experiences of Migration and Integration into the EU15: Interview Guideline Index

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Book SynopsisThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that there are more than 12 million stateless people in the world. The existence of stateless populations challenges some central tenets of international law and contemporary human rights discourses, yet only a very small number of states have made measurable progress in helping individuals acquire or regain citizenship. This fascinating study examines positive developments in eight countries and pinpoints the benefits of citizenship now enjoyed by formerly stateless persons.The expert contributors present an original comparative study that draws upon legal and political analysis as well as empirical research (incorporating over 120 interviews conducted in eight countries), and features the documentary photography of Greg Constantine. The benefits of citizenship over statelessness are identified at both community and individual level, and include the fundamental right to enjoy a nationality, to obtain identification documents, to be represented politically, to access the formal labor market and to move about freely. Gaining or reacquiring citizenship helps eliminate isolation and solicits the empowerment of individuals, collectively and personally. Such changes are of considerable importance to the advancement of a human rights regime based on dignity and respect. This highly original and thought-provoking book will strongly appeal to a wide-ranging audience including academics, researchers, students, human rights activists and government officials with an interest in a diverse range of fields encompassing law, international studies, public policy, human rights and citizenship.Trade Review‘In our supposedly borderless world, having a nationality, and thus access to documents which permit travel and proof of identity, has become increasingly important. In many parts of the world, including the cases in Europe, Africa and Asia covered in this collection, large groups of people struggle with forms of de facto or de jure statelessness. In addition to providing a conceptual framework derived from international human rights norms for understanding better the phenomenon of statelessness, this collection presents important empirical research material helping us to understand, from the ground up, how statelessness is experienced.’ -- Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh, UK‘What difference does citizenship make? The vulnerability of stateless persons clearly demonstrates the benefits of having a nationality. But so far nobody has examined how much the situation of stateless persons improves when they finally get documents and citizenship status. This exploratory study analyses practical difficulties and real progress in overcoming statelessness. It gives voice to the victims and sets a political agenda. Academic researchers, non-governmental organizations and policy-makers should read this book.’ -- Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence, Italy‘Embracing a subject that is generally treated abstractly, as a matter of human rights law, the authors of this pathbreaking book root statelessness deep into historical context and lived experience. They emerge with conclusions that are both dismaying (the expansive scope of the problem) and hopeful (the measurable progress some states have made in expanding the boundaries of citizenship). Alas, this eloquent book could hardly be more timely.’ -- Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Statelessness and the Deprivation of Nationality Brad K. Blitz and Maureen Lynch 2. Nationality and Rights Laura van Waas 3. Citizenship in Kenya: The Nubian Case Abraham Korir Sing’Oei 4. From Erased and Excluded to Active Participants in Slovenia Jelka Zorn 5. From Statelessness to Citizenship: Up-country Tamils in Sri Lanka P.P. Sivapragasam 6. Citizenship Reform and Challenges for the Crimean Tatars in Ukraine Rustem Ablyatifov 7. The Urdu-speakers of Bangladesh: An Unfinished Story of Enforcing Citizenship Rights Katherine Southwick 8. Mauritania: Citizenship Lost and Found Julia Harrington Reddy 9. Statelessness, Citizenship and Belonging in Estonia Raivo Vetik 10. Arabia’s Bidoon Abbas Shiblak 11. Summary and Conclusions Maureen Lynch and Brad K. Blitz 12. Epilogue James A. Goldston Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat will citizenship mean to the peoples of a new, wider Europe? Welfare state retrenchment and technological change in the work place are undermining social citizenship rights and provoking a critical assessment of the West European concept itself. In the light of these changes, what models can the democratic, industrialized states of the West offer the transitional economies of the East?This innovative book presents new work by an international group of leading social scientists offers historical analysis and empirical description, as well as theoretical and political assessments, of work and citizenship in Europe. It examines the erosion of the welfare state, the emergence of poverty and the underclass, and the rights and duties connected with social citizenship. After a review of labour rights and obligations in the former socialist countries, it also assesses the state of industrial citizenship. It asks why the technological transformation of work tends to create segmentation and exclusion and argues for a debate about economic citizenship rights.Work and Citizenship in the New Europe concludes with theoretical and political arguments in favour of specific social policies on work and citizenship, examining such issues as labour participation, basic income guarantees and durable economic growth.Table of ContentsPart 1 Work and citizenship in central and eastern Europe: citizenship and the right to work in Bulgaria, Dimitrina Dimitrova and Stefan Dimitrov; citizenship and the organization of work under "perestroika", Gregory Andrusz; unification, solidarity and equality - dilemmas of trade union strategies in Germany, Jens Bastian. Part 2 The erosion of the welfare state and social citizenship rights: modern poverty and second-class citizenship, Godfried Engbersen; citizenship and the underclass, Robert Moore; welfare, work and training for the unemployed in Britain - a historical review, John Jacobs; citizenship and the modern welfare state - social integration, competence and the reciprocity of rights and duties in social policy, Romke van der Veen. Part 3 The transformation of work and industrial citizenship: with every pair of hands you get a free brain, Stephen Heycock; participation and autonomy at work - a segmented privilege, Peter Leisink and Leni Beukema. Part 4 Work, rights and obligations: labour force participation, citizenship and a sustainable welfare state in the Netherlands, Hans Adriaansens and Willem Dercksen; a non-productivist design for social policies, Claus Offe; between obligation and right - the concept of work in the trade unions, Harry Coenen; basic income, citizenship and solidarity - towards a dynamic for social renewal, Jacques Vilrokx.

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Book SynopsisIssues of race and ethnicity in Europe have been brought to the fore by the recent electoral successes of extreme right-wing parties, while immigration and refugee policies are exposing deep uncertainties across the political spectrum. The politicization of 'race', ethnicity and immigration is a key feature of contemporary European society. In this important new volume, leading specialists explore the political mediation of racism across western Europe, examining its causes, character and consequences. Racism, Ethnicity and Politics in Contemporary Europe includes an overview of contemporary racism, investigations into its socio-economic and ideological roots, analyses of its role in party politics and studies of multilateral and non-governmental initiatives designed to promote anti-racism. The contributors provide case studies of Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. They consider both the experience of racism in specific countries and common issues thrown up by the resurgence of racism at a time of profound socio-economic restructuring and political uncertainty. The rich insights offered by this book will be of interest to students and scholars active in many disciplines ranging from politics and sociology to discourse analysis and social psychology.Trade Review'. . . any student who is interested in the topic of making a study of the issue may well find much of value within its pages and so much food for thought.' -- Talking PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Overview Part II: Contexts of Racism Part III: The Political Discourse of Racism Part IV: Public Policy Initiatives Part V: The Discourse of Anti-Racism and Citizenship Index

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Book SynopsisRegional integration, mass migration and the development of transnational organizations are just some of the factors challenging the traditional definitions of citizenship. In this important new book, Rainer Baubock argues that citizenship rights will have to extend beyond nationality and state territory if liberal democracies are to remain true to their own principles of inclusive membership and equal basic rights. In Transnational Citizenship theoretical discussion of the definition and extension of citizenship rights is combined with comparative policy analysis on rules of naturalization and expatriation in liberal democratic states. An important distinction is drawn between nominal citizenship, which refers to the legal status of membership, and substantial citizenship, which concerns the distribution of basic rights in a state. Three areas where states can become more open to the acceptance of migrants as citizens are suggested: naturalization, the extension of citizenship rights to non-citizens and the admission of immigrants. Although the author still regards citizenship in terms of membership of territorially bounded states, he argues that it can no longer be defined by the model of national communities.In exploring what it means to accept migrants as members of liberal democracies, Rainer Baubock has made a singular contribution to our understanding of citizenship and the right to migration. Innovative without being utopian, this important book will be welcomed by political and sociological theorists, migration researchers and lawyers concerned with issues of migration and naturalization.Trade Review’This is a provocative and timely book. . .’Table of ContentsPart I Membership: territorial boundaries; attributed membership; foundational consent; consent in entry; consent in exit; membership decisions and associations; collective membership and self-determination. Part II Rights: entitlement and liberties; special and general rights; scarcity and alienability of rights; collective rights; rights and obligations; migration rights.

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Book SynopsisAt the end of the twentieth century with the increased flows of capital, ideas, commodities and peoples, migration - a central concern of early sociology - has again assumed global significance.The Sociology of Migration is a collection of over 15 articles covering such themes as the peculiarity of migrant labour, the dynamics of international labour migration, women migrants, enclaves and labour markets, the effects of remittances and return migration to the country of origin, migration and the social structure, refugees and displaced persons, the brain drain, migration in Asia and the effects of migration on the state-system.This substantial, skilfully edited volume addresses a difficult and complex area that cannot easily be studied through one textbook. This collection present - in one accessible volume - the articles and papers required to form a clear understanding of the area ensuring it will be widely used by sociologists and migration scholars.Trade Review'A collection like this is useful as it helps save time in the search for relevant literature and helps finding interesting articles from less-known journals one might have missed otherwise. Together the volumes comprise a large collection of contributions to migration research, and therefore may have great practical value to those engaged in it - particularly those just starting their research.' -- Clara H. Mulder, European Journal of PopulationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Peculiarity of Migrant Labour Part II: The Dynamics of International Labour Migration Part III: Women Migrants and the Women Left Behind Part IV: Enclaves and Labour Markets Part V: Effects of Return Migration and Rimittances Part VI: Migration and Social Structure Part VII: Refugees and Displaced Persons Part VIII: The ‘Brain Drain’ Part IX: Migration in Asia Part X: The State-System and Migration Index

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Migration is an authoritative collection which includes the most important articles and papers that document and analyse the political impact and consequences of migration since World War II. It assesses the impact of migration on class conflict and politics in the host country and the strategies adopted by the state to manage the political activities and demands of new ethnic minority communities. It also covers the rise of racist politics, especially electoral support for anti-immigrant far right parties. Special emphasis is placed on the politics of citizenship and political engagement as the new settlers adopt political strategies in order to combat exclusion, racism and oppression and to achieve recognition and legitimacy.Trade Review’The politics of migration is an understated dimension of international migration but, perhaps, over the long haul the most important. Immigration affects politics in multiple ways: it introduces potential new actors into a political system, links at least two different polities, and can have an important effect on political institutions and forces on the homeland and the receiving country. Study of the politics of migration was rare until the 1990s. The volume does a good job of bringing together key pieces from the1970s and 1980s.’- Mark J. Miller, Journal of World HistoryTable of ContentsTransnational migration as a small window on the diminished autonomy of the modern democratic state; migration and the political economy of the welfare state; immigrant workers and class struggles in advanced capitalism - the Western European experience; the function of labour immigration in Western European capitalism; racism, migration and the state in Western Europe - a case for comparative analysis; race, class and the state - the Black experience in Britain; class, race ethnicity and political action; non-white minority access to the political agenda in Britain; Right versus Right - immigration and refugee policy in the United States; "What was the profit in following the crowd?" the effectiveness of party strategies on immigration and devolution; migration and citizenship; citizenship and the right to leave; the dynamics of racial exclusion and expulsion - racist politics in Western Europe; immigration and changes in the French party system; policy voting in Britain - the coloured immigration issue in the 1964, 1966 and 1970 General Elections; the National Front vote in the 1977 GLC elections - an aggregate data analysis.

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Book SynopsisThis major reference collection describes and reviews the contribution which geographers have made to the charting, description, analysis and understanding of this age-old phenomenon. Migration is one of the dominant forces reshaping modern societies. The traditional concerns of geographers with flows, spatial differentiation and the power of place have given them unique understandings in the study of migration relevant to contemporary problems. Geographers have been able to make a distinctive contribution to knowledge about this phenomenon, from the laws of Ravenstein to the humanistic accounts of those caught up in refugee movements.Geography and Migration includes macrolevel descriptions to examine whether migration takes place in discernible flows and whether there are regularities in migration patterns or in the characteristics, origin and behaviour of migrants. Micro and macro-level explanations follow and address the impact of life cycle, quality of life and search factors. The final section includes essays and papers on the impact of migration on participants, source areas and destinations.Trade Review’The papers for inclusion are judiciously selected and will prove invaluable for lecturers and students needing to put their hands quickly on references. The selection includes both classic texts and less familiar material.’- Ceri Peach, Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Macro-Level Description Part II: Micro-Level and Macro Level Explanations Part III: Impacts Upon Participants, Source Areas, Destination Regions and Destination Countries Name Index

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Book SynopsisMigration in Europe is a pressing social and political issue for the policy makers of the 1990s. Drawing upon a wide body of knowledge, expertise and analysis, European Migration in the Late Twentieth Century combines an important survey with a series of detailed country studies on migration in Europe.The authoritative overview essay by the editors examines migration to and within Europe. They compare the flows during the last forty years with the present situation, detailing both the magnitude and geography of migration over this period. This is followed by thirteen individual country studies each of which features an historical introduction to emigration and immigration in the featured country, quantitative data sets and a detailed assessment of the social and political implications. These studies - specially prepared by leading scholars - cover the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and the former USSR.This comprehensive and scholarly book will be welcomed by teachers and researchers of social sciences and history for presenting new insights on one of the key political, social and economic issues facing modern Europe.Trade Review'The discussions of migration to Switzerland, Italy and Austria give this book a special flavour, since these countries are not often included in studies of foreign migration . . . One important contribution of this book is that the case studies show how migration, in spite of numerous differences, can give rise to similar issues. The historical approach brings the second contribution into perspective: continuity of debate and of policy reactions.' -- Jan van Weesep, European Journal of Population'On the whole, the volume has handbook-like qualities and will remain both a reference work and a summary of major issues for a long time. It will do so even if new developments should invalidate some of the well-reasoned analyses of trends. No scholar venturing beyond the limiting confines of mono-country research will be able to do without it.' -- Dirk Hoerder, International Migration Review'The chapters on East Europe do an excellent job of laying out what is known about population movements to and from the region, both in the past and since the upheaval in the Communist world in the late eighties.' -- Gary P. Freeman, Journal of Public Policy'The migration specialist will probably be most interested in the section on East-Central Europe, and find much of the content on western Europe fairly familiar. The more general reader, coming to the subject fresh, will value this book as a thorough entry into major trends, issues and debates, on both international and national scales. For both, it will provide access to useful statistical material and interpretations in a wide range of foreign languages. . . . a welcome addition to the literature in this important field.' -- Political Geography'. . . a good summary of the state of knowledge of aspects of recent migration trends in Europe.' -- Dudley Baines, Population StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Patterns and Trends of International Migration in Western Europe (H. Fassmann and R. Münz) Part II: Migration to and from Western Europe 2. The United Kingdom and International Migration: A Changing Balance (D. Coleman) 3. The French Debate: Legal and Political Instruments to Promote Integration (C. Wihtol de Wenden) 4. Social and Economic Aspects of Foreign Immigration to Italy (O. Barsotti and L. Lecchini) 5. Shifting Paradigms: An Appraisal of Immigration in the Netherlands (H. Entzinger) 6. Dynamics of Immigration in a Nonimmigrant Country: Germany (H. Rudolph) 7. Economic and Social Aspects of Immigration into Switzerland (T. Straubhaar and P.A. Fischer) 8. Austria: A Country of Immigration and Emigration (H. Fassmann and R. Münz) Part III: Migration to and from East–Central Europe 9. Emigration from Poland after 1945 (P. Korcelli) 10. Hungary and International Migration (Z. Dövényi and G. Vukovich) 11. Labor Migration from Former Yugoslavia (J. Malacic) 12. Emigration from and Immigration to Bulgaria (D. Bobeva) 13. Emigration from the Former Soviet Union: The Fourth Wave (A. Vishnevsky and Z. Zayonchkovskaya) 14. Migrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s (E.F. Sabatello)

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume collection of articles on European migration during the 19th and 20th centuries examines the motivations for migration, drawing on the particular experience of Irish, German, Scottish, Italian, Scandinavian and other European migrants, as well as those who migrated to Europe, such as West Indian migrants into Britain. The first volume examines the hostility faced by migrants, both in their home countries and their countries of destination. The second volume considers the contributions migrants have made to their host countries, and compares the experiences of different migrant groups. In addition, the continuing links between migrants and their countries of origin is explored through a series of essays and papers. Altogether there are 51 articles, dating from 1950 to 1994.Table of ContentsVolume 1: general studies; an historical overview; neglected groups; hostility. Volume 2: new lives in new environments; comparative perspectives; links with the past and the road home; the future history of migration.

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Book SynopsisThe major industrialized countries are undergoing a significant demographic transition associated with low fertility rates combined with reduced mortality rates. A major consequence of the current transition is that populations are expected to age substantially over the next forty years. This innovative book studies the effects of population ageing with the associated factor of immigration, on social expenditure and public finance.The authors begin by providing an introduction to some of the main issues concerning population ageing and migration. This is followed by a discussion of the demographic and economic aspects of the transition towards an older population which is taking place in the major industrialized countries. Within this framework the impacts of ageing on government budgets and the labour market are analysed. The book then turns to a discussion of some of the economic, social and demographic issues related to immigration. Particular emphasis is placed on the Australian economy, which provides an interesting case study in view of its high immigration levels, particularly over the last fifty years. The authors project population structure and social expenditure patterns under a variety of assumptions concerning the number and composition of immigrants. The quantitative techniques developed to produce these projections can be applied without modification to any other country. Population Ageing, Migration and Social Expenditure will be of use to academics and students with an interest in public finance, public policy and population studies.Trade Review'. . . the study has been useful for its exploration of the effect of decomposition and issues such as social expenditure and the ratio of social expenditure to GDP. The ideas for the research were commendable, the literature review with its examples from other countries was most revealing, and the economic skills of the authors were clearly evident.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction Part II: Population Ageing and Migration Part III: Population Decomposition Part IV: Population and Expenditure Projections Index

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Book SynopsisThere is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policymakers find that, on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economically, socially, culturally and politically. This volume includes a variety of key works which explore this relationship between migration and social cohesion. The articles by some of the foremost writers in the field cover models and frameworks of immigrant incorporation, debates in multicultural policy, immigrant and ethnic minority political participation, citizenship, entrepreneurship and language and sociocultural adaptation.This authoritative collection will be of interest to students and professional researchers in sociology and anthropology, political science, cultural studies and migration and ethnic studies.Trade Review'The volume under review can be described as a teacher's goldmine . . . the volume can serve well as a general introduction to a complex field of study.' -- Hans van Amersfoort, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies'With its very comprehensive introduction and representative selection of articles, this volume will serve as a well-guided tour through the wilderness of concept and theories on immigrant incorporation.' -- Eva ostergaard-Nielsen, The Ethnic Conflict Research DigestTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Frameworks 1. Stephen Castles (1995), ‘How Nation-States Respond to Immigration and Ethnic Diversity’ 2. Bhikhu Parekh (1996), ‘Minority Practices and Principles of Toleration’ 3. Stephen Castles (1992), ‘The Australian Model of Immigration and Multiculturalism: Is It Applicable to Europe?’ 4. Robert Miles (1989), ‘Migration Discourse in Post-1945 British Politics’ 5. Patrick Weil and John Crowley (1994), ‘Integration in Theory and Practice: A Comparison of France and Britain’ 6. Barbara Schmitter Heisler (1992), ‘The Future of Immigrant Incorporation: Which Models? Which Concepts?’ Part II: Institutions 7. Uwe Andersen (1990), ‘Consultative Institutions for Migrant Workers’ 8. Robert L. Bach (1993), ‘Recrafting the Common Good: Immigration and Community’ 9. Barbara E. Schmitter (1980), ‘Immigrants and Associations: Their Role in the Socio-Politcal Process of Immigrant Worker Integration in West Germany and Switzerland’ 10. Mark J. Miller (1989), ‘Political Participation and Representation of Noncitizens’ 11. Maritta Soininen and Henry Bäck (1993), ‘Electoral Participation among Immigrants in Sweden: Integration, Culture and Participation’ 12. Steven Vertovec (1996), ‘Multiculturalism, Culturalism and Public Incorporation’ 13. Alisdair Rogers (1998), ‘The Spaces of Multiculturalism and Citizenship’ Part III: Citizenship 14. William Rogers Brubaker (1989), ‘Membership without Citizenship: The Economic and Social Rights of Noncitizens’ 15. Zig Layton-Henry (1990), ‘Citizenship or Denizenship for Migrant Workers?’ 16. H.M. Hintjens (1992), ‘Immigration and Citizenship Debates: Reflections on Ten Common Themes’ 17. Rainer Bauböck (1994), ‘Changing the Boundaries of Citizenship: The Inclusion of Immigrants in Democratic Polities’ 18. Dilek Çinar (1994), ‘From Aliens to Citizens. A Comparative Analysis of Rules of Transition’ 19. Tomas Hammar (1985), ‘Dual Citizenship and Political Integration’ Part IV: Dynamics 20. Myron Weiner (1996), ‘Determinants of Immigrant Integration: An International Comparative Analysis’ 21. Herbert J. Gans (1979), ‘Symbolic Ethnicity: The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America’ 22. Vaughan Robinson (1984), ‘Asians in Britain: A Study in Encapsulation and Marginality’ 23. Won Moo Hurh and Kwang Chung Kim (1984), ‘Adhesive Sociocultural Adaptation of Korean Immigrants in the U.S.: An Alternative Strategy of Minority Adaptation’ 24. Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou (1993), ‘The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants’ 25. Ivan Light (1984), ‘Immigrant and Ethnic Enterprise in North America’ 26. Melvyn C. Resnick (1988), ‘Beyond the Ethnic Community: Spanish Language Roles and Maintenance in Miami’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative collection brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars in an increasingly important area of study. Social scientists and political analysts are becoming more and more aware of the importance of long-maintained or newly embellished links between post-migration communities and the societies from which they originate. Closely tied to this field is a renewed interest in 'diasporas' or globally dispersed groups whose collective experiences often draw on deep historical roots in more than one place.The articles selected for this volume represent key contemporary theories, comparative research and case studies. Contributors are drawn from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, political science and history. Migration, Diaporas and Transnationalism will be a valuable resource for students and professional researchers who have an interest in migration, globalization, ethnic relations, culture and identity.Trade Review'. . . this book is a valuable resource which has collected together an important range of contributions, many of which may not be easy to track down for the individual scholar.' -- Claire Dwyer, Progress in Human Geography'. . . this collection is a fine overview of contributions to an interesting and promising new research field, and it will be a good resource for professional scholars and especially for students in the field.' -- Boris Slijper, Journal of International Migration and IntegrationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Reappraising Contemporary Migration 1. Harvey M. Choldin (1973), ‘Kinship Networks in the Migration Process’ 2. James T. Fawcett (1989), ‘Networks, Linkages, and Migration Systems’ 3. Nina Glick Schiller, Linda Basch and Cristina Blanc-Szanton (1992), ‘Transnationalism: A New Analytic Framework for Understanding Migration’ 4. Panos Hatzipanayotou (1991), ‘International Migration and Remittances in a Two-Country Temporary Equilibrium Model’ 5. Charles B. Keely and Bao Nga Tran (1989), ‘Remittances from Labor Migration: Evaluations, Performance and Implications’ 6. Johanna Lessinger (1992), ‘Nonresident-Indian Investment and India’s Drive for Industrial Modernization’ 7. Aihwa Ong (1996), ‘Cultural Citizenship as Subject-Making: Immigrants Negotiate Racial and Cultural Boundaries in the United States’ 8. Roger Rouse (1991), ‘Mexican Migration and the Social Space of Postmodernism’ 9. Barbara Schmitter Heisler (1985), ‘Sending Countries and the Politics of Emigration and Destination’ 10. Charles W. Stahl and Fred Arnold (1986), ‘Overseas Workers’ Remittances in Asian Development’ Part II: Old and New Meanings of Diaspora 11. John A. Armstrong (1976), ‘Mobilized and Proletarian Diasporas’ 12. James Clifford (1994), ‘Diasporas’ 13. Robin Cohen (1995), ‘Rethinking “Babylon”: Iconclastic Conceptions of the Diasporic Experience’ 14. Robin Cohen (1996), ‘Diasporas and the Nation-State: From Victims to Challengers’ 15. Paul Gilroy (1991), ‘It Ain’t Where You’re From, It’s Where You’re At. . .: The Dialectics of Diasporic Identification’ 16. Paul Gilroy (1994), ‘Diaspora’ 17. Stuart Hall (1990), ‘Cultural Identity and Diaspora’ 18. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1994), ‘Spaces of Dispersal’ 19. David D. Laitin (1995), ‘Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Nationality in the Post-Soviet Diaspora’ 20. Richard Marienstras (1989), ‘On the Notion of Diaspora’ 21. William Safran (1991), ‘Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return’ 22. Gabriel Sheffer (1986), ‘A New Field of Study: Modern Diasporas in International Politics’ 23. Gabriel Sheffer (1995), ‘The Emergence of New Ethno-National Diasporas’ 24. Ninian Smart (1987), ‘The Importance of Diasporas’ 25. Elliott P. Skinner (1993), ‘The Dialectic between Diasporas and Homelands’ Part III: Transnationalism: ‘Globalization From Below’ 26. Arjun Appadurai (1991), ‘Global Ethnoscapes: Notes and Queries for a Transnational Anthropology’ 27. A. Appadurai and C. Breckonridge (1989), ‘Editors’ Comment: On Moving Targets’ 28. Katy Gardner (1993), ‘Desh-bidesh: Sylheti Images of Home and Away’ 29. Akhil Gupta (1992), ‘The Song of the Nonaligned World: Transnational Identities and the Reinscription of Space in Late Capitalism’ 30. M. Kearney (1995), ‘The Local and the Global: The Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism’ 31. Michael Kearney (1991), ‘Borders and Boundaries of State and Self at the End of Empire’ 32. Orlando Patterson (1975), ‘Context and Choice in Ethnic Allegiance: A Theoretical Framework and Caribbean Case Study’ 33. Yossi Shain (1995), ‘Multicultural Foreign Policy’ 34. John F. Stack, Jr. (1981), ‘Ethnic Groups as Emerging Transnational Actors’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisMigration and Public Policy brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars on both international and internal migration. It investigates the role of governments in encouraging, discouraging or forcing such migration. The book critically appraises the motivation for state intervention, including economic efficiency, strategic considerations or an attempt to achieve ethnic, racial or religious homogeneity, and the intended and unintended effects of this intervention.This authoritative collection will be a valuable resource for students, academics, politicians and policymakers who have an interest in migration policy.Trade Review'. . . this collection represents a most valuable repository of some of the best informed and analytically incisive studies on a subject which, far from fading, will be of increasing concern to academic and practitioner alike.' -- Anthony P. Maingot, International MigrationTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements • Introduction 1. Allan Findlay (1994), ‘An Economic Audit of Contemporary Immigration’ 2. Myron Weiner (1996), ‘Ethics, National Sovereignty and the Control of Immigration’ 3. Nasra M. Shah (1983), ‘Pakistani Workers in the Middle East: Volume, Trends and Consequences’ 4. Alejandro Portes (1978), ‘Toward a Structural Analysis of Illegal (Undocumented) Immigration’ 5. Saskia Sassen-Koob (1979), ‘Economic Growth and Immigration in Venezuela’ 6. James Jupp (1995), ‘From “White Australia” to “Part of Asia”: Recent Shifts in Australian Immigration Policy Towards the Region’ 7. Judith A. Fortney (1970), ‘International Migration of Professionals’ 8. A.M. Findlay (1988), ‘From Settlers to Skilled Transients: The Changing Structure of British International Migration’ 9. Vaughan Robinson (1995), ‘The Changing Nature and European Perceptions of Europe’s Refugee Problem’ 10. Nicholas P. Glytsos (1995), ‘Problems and Policies Regarding the Socio-Economic Integration of Returnees and Foreign Workers in Greece’ 11. Xiushi Yang and Sidney Goldstein (1990), ‘Population Movement in Zhejiang Province, China: The Impact of Government Policies’ 12. James H. Johnson and John Salt (1981), ‘Population Redistribution Policies in Great Britain’ 13. Thomas R. Leinbach (1989), ‘The Transmigration Programme in Indonesian National Development Strategy: Current Status and Future Requirements’ 14. Joost R. Hiltermann (1991), ‘Settling for War: Soviet Immigration and Israel’s Settlement Policy in East Jerusalem’ 15. Alan Mabin (1992), ‘Comprehensive Segregation: The Origins of the Group Areas Act and its Planning Apparatuses’ 16. Akbar S. Ahmed (1995), ‘“Ethnic Cleansing”: A Metaphor for Our Time?’ 17. Kimberly A. Hamilton (1997), ‘Europe, Africa, and International Migration: An Uncomfortable Triangle of Interests’ 18. Mike King (1993), ‘The Impact of Western European Border Policies on the Control of ‘Refugees’ in Eastern and Central Europe’ 19. Michael M. Cernea (1990), ‘International Refugee Flows and Development-Induced Population Displacement’ 20. William T.S. Gould (1988), ‘Government Policies and International Migration of Skilled Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa’ 21. Paul Boyle (1995), ‘Public Housing as a Barrier to Long Distance Migration’ 22. Barry N. Stein (1983), ‘The Commitment to Refugee Resettlement’ 23. Wolfgang Seifert (1997), ‘Admission Policy, Patterns of Migration and Integration: The German and French Case Compared’ 24. Tamar Horowitz (1996), ‘Value-Oriented Parameters in Migration Policies in the 1990s: The Israeli Experience’ 25. Keith H. Halfacree (1996), ‘Out of Place in the Country: Travellers and the “Rural Idyll”’ 26. Hazel Flett, Jeff Henderson and Bill Brown (1979), ‘The Practice of Racial Dispersal in Birmingham 1969-75’ 27. Vaughan Robinson (1989), ‘Up the Creek without a Paddle: Britain’s Boat People Ten Years On’ 28. Vaughan Robinson (1998), ‘The Development of Policies for the Resettlement of Quota Refugees in the UK, 1945-91’ 29. Sharon Stanton Russell (1992), ‘Migrant Remittances and Development’ 30. Graeme Hugo (1996), ‘Environmental Concerns and International Migration’ 31. Gertrud Neuwirth and Lynn Clark (1981), ‘Indochinese Refugees in Canada: Sponsorship and Adjustment’ 32. Roger Zetter (1991), ‘Labelling Refugees: Forming and Transforming a Bureaucratic Identity’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines and documents the liberation struggle in South Africa from its nadir in 1964 to its resurgence by 1979. Four earlier volumes traced the long history of resistence against white domination and the pursuit of racial equality during the period 1882-1964.

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Book SynopsisThe struggle for civil rights was one of the most powerful movements in American history. This outstanding reader is rich in reminiscences and other primary sources, with 64 selections in all. The materials are grouped and presented so as to explain the logic, the strategies, and the conflicts within a movement that has recast much of the nation's mind and culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A History of the Civil Rights Movement. Part I: Precursors. Part II: Integration. Part III: Nonviolence. Part IV: Liberals. Part V: Power. Suggested Readings.

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Book SynopsisAthens, 403 BCE. The end of the bloody oligarchic dictatorship of the Thirty. The democrats return to the city victorious. Renouncing vengeance, in an act of amnesia, citizens call for if not invent amnesty. They agree to forget the unforgettable, the past misfortunes of civil strife, stasis. More precisely, what must be denied is that stasis simultaneously partisanship, faction, and sedition is at the heart of Greek politics.This crucial moment of Athenian political history, Nicole Loraux argues in The Divided City, must be interpreted as constitutive of, not a threat to, politics and political life. Divided from within and against itself, the city is formed by that which it refuses. Conflict, the calamity of civil war, is the other, dark side of the beautiful, unitary city of Athens. Beneath the Greek city erected in totality and ideality, Loraux rediscovers the discord affecting the entire city, the stasis manifesting the fundamental conflictual ambivalence of the civic order. The city, by definition, is doomed to divide itself in two.In a brilliant analysis of the Greek word for voting, diaphora, Loraux underscores the conflictual and dynamic motion of democratic life: voting appears as the process of dividing up, of disagreement, in short, of agreeing to divide up and choose between. Not only does Loraux reconceptualize the definition of ancient Greek democracy, but she ultimately allows the contemporary reader to rethink the functioning of modern democracies in its critical moments of dissension and divide, of internal stasis.

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Book SynopsisFrom Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and from the Upper Big Branch mine disaster to the Trail of Tears, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered presents photographs of significant sites from US history, posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nation’s past. Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American, Native American, and labor history, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered reveals new vistas of officially commemorated sites, sites that are neglected or obscured, and sites that serve as a gathering place for active rituals of organized memory.These powerful photographs by award-winning photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein are interspersed with short essays by some of the leading historians of the United States. The book is introduced with substantive meditations on meaning and landscape by Alex Lichtenstein, editor of the American Historical Review, and Edward T. Linenthal, former editor of the Journal of American History. Individually, these images convey American history in new and sometimes startling ways. Taken as a whole, the volume amounts to a starkly visual reckoning with the challenges of commemorating a violent and conflictual history of subjugation and resistance that we forget at our peril.

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Book SynopsisFreedom’s Ring begins with the question of how the American ideal of freedom, which so effectively defends a conservative agenda today, from globally exploitative free trade to anti-French “freedom fries” during the War in Iraq, once bolstered the progressive causes of Freedom Summer, the Free Speech Movement, and more militant Black Power and Women’s Liberation movements with equal efficacy. Focused as it is on the faring of freedom throughout the liberation era, this book also explores attempts made by rights movements to achieve the often competitive or cross-canceling American ideal of equality–economic, professional, and otherwise. Although many struggled and died for it in the civil rights era, freedoms such as the vote, integrated bus rides, and sex without consequences via the Pill, are ultimately free–costing officialdom little if anything to fully implement—while equality with respect to jobs, salaries, education, housing, and health care, will forever be the much more expensive nut to crack. Freedom’s Ring regards the politics of freedom, and politics in general, as a low-cost substitute for and engrossing distraction from substantive economic problem-solving from the liberation era to the present day.Trade Review"The English professor explores the role of 'freedom' and 'equality' in literature of major rights-seeking movements from the 1960s and 1970s."— North Texan "Jacqueline Foertsch’s Freedom’s Ring is a smart-minded and provocative inquiry into the literary legacy of the postwar Civil Rights era, the storied epoch from the 1950s to the 1970s that remains an inspiration to an ongoing struggle. Foertsch’s cultural criticism is authoritative and insightful, her voice captivating and passionate, and her subject timelier than ever."— Thomas Doherty, author of Little Lindy Is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century "Hard fought, hardly equitable, and deeply contested, freedom remains a core concept in modern American national identity. Jacqueline Foertsch’s lively and compelling Freedom’s Ring traces how it rallied postwar Americans to fight for racial equality, personal liberation, and women’s rights from the 1950s to the 1970s with profound results." — Erika Doss, author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in AmericaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Freedom’s Ring throughout the Post-WWII Decades 1 Talking First and Shooting Later in the Black Power Era 2 Nothing Left to Lose: Maximizing Liberties in the Late 1960s Free-for-All 3 Tools of the Trade: Working Women and Radical Women in the Liberation Era Conclusion: Postscript from the Present Day Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAmerican democracy is at an inflection point. With voting rights challenged, election results undermined, and even the US Capitol violently attacked, many Americans feel powerless to save their nation's democratic institutions from the forces dismantling them. Yet, as founders like Benjamin Franklin knew from the start, the health of America's democracy depends on the actions its citizens are willing to take to preserve it.To Keep the Republicis a wake-up call about the responsibilities that come with being a citizen in aparticipatory democracy. It describes the many ways that individuals can make a difference on bothlocal and national levelsand explains why they matter.Political scientist Elizabeth C. Matto highlights the multiple facets of democratic citizenship, identifies American democracy's sometimes competing values and ideals, and explains how civic engagement can take various forms, including political conversation. Combining political philosophy with concrete suggestions for

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Book SynopsisAmerican democracy is at an inflection point. With voting rights challenged, election results undermined, and even the US Capitol violently attacked, many Americans feel powerless to save their nation's democratic institutions from the forces dismantling them. Yet, as founders like Benjamin Franklin knew from the start, the health of America's democracy depends on the actions its citizens are willing to take to preserve it.To Keep the Republicis a wake-up call about the responsibilities that come with being a citizen in aparticipatory democracy. It describes the many ways that individuals can make a difference on bothlocal and national levelsand explains why they matter.Political scientist Elizabeth C. Matto highlights the multiple facets of democratic citizenship, identifies American democracy's sometimes competing values and ideals, and explains how civic engagement can take various forms, including political conversation. Combining political philosophy with concrete suggestions for

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents an international group of scholars seeking to understand how youth from different cultures relate to modern multidimensional concepts of citizenship, and the roles that education and society have in shaping the views of the world’s future citizens. The book also explores how different aspects of citizenship, such as attitudes towards diverse population groups and concerns for social issues, relate to classical definitions of norm-based citizenship from the political sciences. Authors from Asia, Europe, and Latin America provide a series of in-depth investigations into how concepts of “good citizenship” are shaped in different regions of the globe, using the rich comparative data from the IEA’s International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS) 2016. In twelve chapters, the authors review the concept of “good citizenship”; how citizenship norms adherence is configured into profiles across countries; and what country, school, and background factors are related to how students adhere to citizenship norms. Recognizing contingent social and political situations in specific regions of the world, the present books offer six chapters where authors apply their expertise to offer locally relevant and pertinent observations on how young people from diverse cultures understand and relate to different dimensions of citizenship in countries of Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The present book is of relevance for different audiences interested in civic education and political socialization, including social sciences and education, integrating topics from political science, sociology, political psychology, and law. Table of Contents1. Introduction to good citizenship around the world; Ernesto Treviño, Diego Carrasco, Ellen Claes and Kerry Kennedy.- 2. What is a ‘good citizen’? A systematic literature review; Cristóbal Villalobos, María Jesús Morel, Ernesto Treviño.- 3. Profiles of good citizenship; David Torres Irribarra & Diego Carrasco.- 4. A comparative approach to notions of good citizenship; Cristóbal Villalobos, María Jesús Morel and Ernesto Treviño.- 5. A school effectiveness approach to good citizenship; Ernesto Treviño, Natalia López Hornickel, Diego Carrasco and Carmen Gloria Zúñiga.- 6. Latin American political culture and citizenship norms; Daniel Miranda, Catalina Miranda and Loreto Muñoz.- 7. Tolerance of corruption among students in Latin America; Diego Carrasco and Andrés Pavón.- 8. Citizenship norms among native and immigrant students from a European perspective; Maria Magdalena Isac, Ellen Claes and Andres Sandoval-Hernandez.- 9. Citizenship Norms and Tolerance in European Adolescents; Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Ellen Claes, Nicola Savvides and María Magdalena Isac.- 10. Predictors of Asian Adolescents’ Understanding of Democracy; Kerry Kennedy and Xiaoxue Kang.- 11. Asian Students’ Preferred Forms of Future Civic Engagement: Beyond Conventional Participation; Kerry J Kennedy and Xiaxoue Kuang.- 12. What IEA’s International Civics and Citizenship Study tells us about good citizenship around the world; Ernesto Treviño, Diego Carrasco, Ellen Claes and Kerry Kennedy.

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Book SynopsisThis book lays the groundwork for the future of global citizenship, and it discusses where we are now, where to go from here, and how all of this fits into a lifelong learning context. It incorporates case studies, meta-narratives, and empirical studies to support cosmopolitanism through a lifelong learning lens and is a must read for educators, activists, non-governmental organizations, civil society, and community organizations. The framing for this book is with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 in mind: ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, with the intent that all learners will acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote “sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development” (UN Sustainable Development Goal, target 4.7). It is through this lens that this book showcases the work of researchers, practitioners, civil society, and thought leaders in global citizenship for lifelong learning. While this tension between nationalism and cosmopolitanism exists, the wheels of globalization still turn and shape our local, national, and global connections. Through this exploration, this book lifts up examples of global citizenship education done well, across the age spectrum, and in a variety of contexts. The binding factor is the core values, ethics, and moral structure of a world in collaboration toward its larger human and ecological thriving. It unpacks complex topics such as ethical and cultural relativism, accountability and responsibility in a global world, decolonial education and unmaking ideas of “development”, and ethical models for community-based global learning and engagement. What voices are missing in the discussion of global learning and global citizenship education?Table of ContentsPreface; Sharon D. Welch.- Introduction; Whitney Szmodis and Sarah Stanlick.- The Educator in Global Citizenship Education: Centering Context and Enabling Being; Janice MacMillan and Janine Carlse.- Beyond Borders: Employing Empathic Global Citizenship as a Framework for Enhancing Critical Community Engagement; José D. Villalobos, Azuri L. Gonzalez, Guillermina G. Núñez, and Cigdem V. Sirin.- Creating a Fourth Space for Social Impact Collaborations across Boundaries: Active Project-based Learning and Internships for GC Education; Faith Valencia-Forrester and Heather Stewart.- Women’s Human Rights Teaching, Learning and Advocacy Resource: Integrating Global Citizenship Frameworks into Feminist Curricula; Jessica Pierson and Erica Higbie.- A Feminist Socio-ecological Framework for Transforming Early Learning Programs in Low- and Middle-income Countries; Kelly Grace and Emily Anderson.- Exploring Social Cognitive Outcomes of a Multiphase Mentoring Program for Girls in Armenia; Marissa Hastings and Shoghik Mikayelyan.- The Nexus of Global Citizenship and Community-Controlled Health; Emma Santini and Kevin Smith.- Growing, Learning, Sharing, and Healing Together: Home Garden Networks as a Learning City and Movement to Global Citizenship and Life-long learning; Sothy Eng and Tricia Khun.- A Civics of Interdependence: Advancing Global Solidarity through Communities of Inquiry and Action; Samantha Brandauer, Erin Sabato, Nora Reynolds, and Eric Hartman.- Active Experimentation, Embodiment, and High-impact Practices in GCE: Diving in and Letting go; Sarah Stanlick and Whitney Szmodis

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Book SynopsisBeyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country. It tells a story of that struggle from the author’s perspective beginning as a young African American from Cleveland in the 1980s, who reluctantly became involved within this movement as a student activist and inadvertently rose to become an integral part of the ultimate legislative victory

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Book SynopsisDer Band setzt sich mit den Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten internationalen oder globalen Regierens in einer sozialen Umwelt (Weltgesellschaft) unter drei Perspektiven auseinander: der Perspektive von Theorien globaler Ordnung, der Perspektive spezifischer Formen globaler Ordnungsbildung und der Perspektive die Normativität globaler Ordnung. Die Beiträge des Bandes besetzen Schnittstellen in einer Reihe von Diskussionen, die in den Internationalen Beziehungen zu Ordnung und Ordnungsbildung in der internationalen Politik, zum Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates, sowie zur Stellung internationaler Politik in der Weltgesellschaft geführt werden.Table of ContentsTheoretisierung globaler Ordnung.- Formen und Modi der Ordnungsbildung.- Die Normativität globaler Ordnung

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Book SynopsisAufbauend auf einer umfassenden Analyse des bestehenden Wissens aus internationaler Partizipations- und Technologieforschung entwickelt Katharina Große in diesem Buch erstmals eine theoretisch fundierte Benutzertypologie für E-Partizipation in Deutschland. Die Autorin beschreibt die fünf Partizipationstypen: Gestalter, Optimierer, Spieler, Weltverbesserer und Bemühte. Für jeden dieser Typen leitet sie spezifische Anforderungen ab und übersetzt diese in konkrete Gestaltungsempfehlungen. Damit schafft sie die Grundlage für Politiker, Verwaltungsmitarbeiter und Softwareentwickler, um E-Partizipation benutzerfreundlicher zu gestalten und Beteiligungsbarrieren abzubauen.Table of ContentsTypologie der E-Partizipation.- Theoretische Entwicklung der Merkmalsliste.- Validierung anhand empirischer Untersuchungen.- Nutzungsanforderungen und Gestaltungsempfehlungen.

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Book SynopsisDas essential liefert eine fundierte Darstellung und Analyse des sogenannten ‚Zwei-Prozent-Ziels‘ der NATO (2 % vom BIP für Verteidigung) und seiner Auswirkungen auf die Finanzierung der Bundeswehr. Es skizziert Entstehung und methodische Schwächen der Messgröße, die 2002 erstmals verabredet und 2014 bekräftigt wurde. Die Zielgröße ist ohne rechtliche Bindungswirkung. Viele NATO-Partner erfüllen sie nicht, darunter Deutschland, das mit rund 1,25 % weit entfernt liegt. Weil rein inputorientiert und nicht plausibel ist das Kriterium eigentlich unbrauchbar. Dennoch beeinflusste es in der letzten Zeit die innenpolitische Debatte in Deutschland.Table of ContentsDie Beschlüsse von Wales 2014 zum Zwei-Prozent-Ziel.- Die innenpolitische Debatte um die Höhe des Verteidigungshaushalts .- Verbesserungen des Zustands der Bundeswehr durch mehr Geld?

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Book Synopsis​In diesem Sammelband werden aus unterschiedlichen fachspezifischen, wissenschaftlichen und praktischen Perspektiven vielfältige Aspekte des Themas „Imperiale Lebensweise und Politische Bildung“ beleuchtet und kritisch reflektiert. Die didaktischen Potenziale unterschiedlicher wissenschaftlicher Herangehensweisen und Praxiserfahrungen werden vorgestellt und theoretische Überlegungen sowie empirische Erkenntnisse zum Schwerpunktthema präsentiert.Table of ContentsErweiterungen des Begriffs Imperiale Lebensweise.- Kritik und Utopie.- Andere Naturverständnisse.- Politische Bildung, Gewerkschaften und Arbeitskämpfe.- Anregungen für eine andere Politische Bildung.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on historical and current data to examine racism in Australia. Making use of the latest state and federal data sets, it critically synthesises contemporary research on race relations with a focus on racism and anti-racism initiatives. Employing innovative analytical methods, the book provides students and researchers with a current and up-to-date analytical framework, and benchmark empirical evidence on race relations. In addition, the book also analyses research data from other countries in order to generate some comparative insights and draw possible lessons and policy implications for Australia.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Race relations in Australia: A Brief History.- Chapter Three: Institutional racism.- Chapter Four: The economics of racism.- Chapter Five: Contemporary racism in Australia.- Chapter Six: Media, public discourse and racism.- Chapter Seven: Social and economic impacts of racism.- Chapter Eight: Racism and young people.- Chapter Nine: Travelling racism: Global forces and their impact on racism.- Chapter Ten: Countering racism: Challenges and progress in anti-racism efforts.- Chapter Eleven: Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis"In the springtime of the year that I was twenty-one, I found myself stuck at the border between two familiar countries, unable to enter either. I had never felt my statelessness so keenly."Japan's 1972 termination of diplomatic ties with the Republic of China left 9,200 Chinese residents stateless. Tienshi "Lara" Chen was one of them, born to Chinese parents in Yokohama's Chinatown. What does it mean to be stateless? What does it feel like?In a lively blend of life writing, auto-ethnography, and study of stateless communities around Asia, this book unpacks the idea of citizenship by showing the hidden everyday narratives and lived experiences of stateless persons who have no legal ties to any nation state. Originally published in Japanese, this adapted and updated English edition critically engages with questions of borders, mobility, belonging, and identity.We follow Chen's engaging autobiographical account of her bi-cultural upbringing and Japanese education, and how her experience of statelessness eventually led her into a career spanning academia and activism. Across different levels of analysis, the author points out the contradictions inherent in the concepts of nationality, nation-state and citizenship, in a world where individual nationality, identity and experience are increasingly complex. She concludes that the current system of regulating individuals with citizenship is unworkable in the long run. Stateless is a fascinating read on borders, states and identities.

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