| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Kabyle immigrant politics and racialized citizenship in France / Paul A. Silverstein -- On belonging in/to Italy and Europe: citizenship, race, and the "immigration problem" / Flavia Stanley -- The Irish citizenship referendum (2004): motherhood and belonging in Ireland / Angèle Smith -- From the "imagined community" to "communities of practice": immigrant belonging among Vietamese Americans / Deborah Reed-Danahay -- Migrants' mobilization and anthropology: reflections from the experience of Latin Americans in the United Kingdom / Davide Però -- Odyssean refugees, migrants, and power: construction of the "other" and civic participation within the Polish community in the United Kingdom / Michal P. Garapich -- Origin myths, conspiracy theories, and antiracist mobilizations in France / Robert Gibb -- "Call us vote people": citizenship, migration, and transnational politics in Hatitian and Mexican locations / Karen E. Richman -- Gloablization and citizenship: the Chinese in Silicon Valley / Bernard P. Wong -- "And ye shall possess it, and dwell therein": social citizenship, global Christianity and nonethic immigrant incorporation / Nina Glick Schiller, Ayse Caglar -- Immigrants as Netizens: political mobilization in cyberspace / Caroline B. Bretell. |
| Summary |
Immigration is continuously and rapidly changing the face of Western countries. While newcomers are harbingers of change, host nations also participate in how new populations are incorporated into their social and political fabric. Bringing together a transcontinental group of anthropologists, this book provides an in-depth look at the current processes of immigration, political behavior, and citizenship in both the United States and Europe. Essays draw on issues of race, national identity, religion, and more, while addressing questions, including: How should citizenship be defined? In what wa. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Political activity -- United States.
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Immigrants -- Political activity -- Europe.
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Political participation -- United States.
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Political participation -- Europe.
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Belonging (Social psychology)
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Citizenship -- United States.
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Citizenship -- Europe.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and Immigration.
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Politics.
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Europe.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Citizenship. (OCoLC)fst00861909
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00908722
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Immigrants -- Political activity.
(OCoLC)fst00967762
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Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Reed-Danahay, Deborah.
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Brettell, Caroline.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Citizenship, political engagement, and belonging. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 9780813543291 (DLC) 2007037877 (OCoLC)173182611 |
| Standard No. |
9786611776428 |
| ISBN |
9780813545110 (electronic bk.) |
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0813545110 (electronic bk.) |
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