Citizenship and immigrant incorporation : comparative perspectives on North America and Western Europe /
Citizenship and immigrant incorporation : comparative perspectives on North America and Western Europe /
edited by Gökçe Yurdakul and Y. Michal Bodemann.
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- 288 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1.The changing nature of migration in North America and Western Europe -- 1.The changing nature of migration in the twenty-first century: implications for integration strategies. Aristide R. Zolberg -- 2.The economic adaptation of past and present immigrants lessons form a comparative-historical approach. Ewa Morawska -- 3.Citizenship and pluralism: multiculturalism in a world of global migration. Irene Bloemraad -- Part II.Diaspora, religion, and counter-traditions -- 4.Islam and multicultural societies: a transatlantic comparison. Jocelyne Cesari -- 5.The changing contours of the immigrant religious life. Peggy Levitt -- 6.Crafting an identity in the diaspora: Iranian immigrants in the United States. Vlaentine M, Moghadam -- Part III.Nation-state, transnational migration and immigrant works -- 7.Nation-state building projects and the politics of transational migration: locating Salvadorans in Canada, the United States, and El Salvador. Patricia Landolt -- 8.Freedom to discriminate: a national state soverignty and temporary migrant workers in Canada. Nandita Sharma -- 9.Professionals and saints: how immigrant careworkers negotiate gender identities at work. Cinzia Solari -- Part IV.Immigrant incorporation into social institutions -- 10.We are strong together: the unhappy marriage of immigrant associations and trade unions in Germany. Go·kcıe Yurdakul -- 11.Liberal values and illiberal cultures: the questions of Sharia tribunals in Ontario. H. Donal Forbes.
Contributors to this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights laws, and the critical attention paid to women migrants.
9780230600133 (hbk.) : £42.50 9780230600133 (hbk.) : Đ42.50
Citizenship--North America
Citizenship--Europe
Citizenship.
Immigrants.
Social integration.
Politics and Government.
International relations
Political science & theory
Constitutional & administrative law: general
Western Europe
North America
Migration, immigration & emigration
Gender studies: women & girls
Social groups: religious groups & communities
Civics & citizenship
Multiculturalism
JF801 / .C5685 2007
323.6094 YUR
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1.The changing nature of migration in North America and Western Europe -- 1.The changing nature of migration in the twenty-first century: implications for integration strategies. Aristide R. Zolberg -- 2.The economic adaptation of past and present immigrants lessons form a comparative-historical approach. Ewa Morawska -- 3.Citizenship and pluralism: multiculturalism in a world of global migration. Irene Bloemraad -- Part II.Diaspora, religion, and counter-traditions -- 4.Islam and multicultural societies: a transatlantic comparison. Jocelyne Cesari -- 5.The changing contours of the immigrant religious life. Peggy Levitt -- 6.Crafting an identity in the diaspora: Iranian immigrants in the United States. Vlaentine M, Moghadam -- Part III.Nation-state, transnational migration and immigrant works -- 7.Nation-state building projects and the politics of transational migration: locating Salvadorans in Canada, the United States, and El Salvador. Patricia Landolt -- 8.Freedom to discriminate: a national state soverignty and temporary migrant workers in Canada. Nandita Sharma -- 9.Professionals and saints: how immigrant careworkers negotiate gender identities at work. Cinzia Solari -- Part IV.Immigrant incorporation into social institutions -- 10.We are strong together: the unhappy marriage of immigrant associations and trade unions in Germany. Go·kcıe Yurdakul -- 11.Liberal values and illiberal cultures: the questions of Sharia tribunals in Ontario. H. Donal Forbes.
Contributors to this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights laws, and the critical attention paid to women migrants.
9780230600133 (hbk.) : £42.50 9780230600133 (hbk.) : Đ42.50
Citizenship--North America
Citizenship--Europe
Citizenship.
Immigrants.
Social integration.
Politics and Government.
International relations
Political science & theory
Constitutional & administrative law: general
Western Europe
North America
Migration, immigration & emigration
Gender studies: women & girls
Social groups: religious groups & communities
Civics & citizenship
Multiculturalism
JF801 / .C5685 2007
323.6094 YUR