Citizenship And Ethnic Conflict

Author : Haldun Gülalp
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 0415368979

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Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict by Haldun Gülalp Pdf

Making a new case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions. In a combination of case studies from Europe and the Middle East, this book’s comparative framework addresses the question of citizenship and ethnic conflict from the foundation of the nation-state, to the current challenges raised by globalization. This edited volume examines six different countries and looks at the way that ethnic or religious identity lies at the core of the national community, ultimately determining the state’s definition and treatment of its citizens. The selected contributors to this new volume investigate this common ambiguity in the construction of nations, and look at the contrasting ways in which the issues of citizenship and identity are handled by different nation-states. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars studying in the areas of citizenship and the nation-state, ethnic conflict, globalization and Middle Eastern and European Politics.

Author : Sylvester Ogoh Alubo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122994085

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Ethnic Conflicts and Citizenship Crises in the Central Region by Sylvester Ogoh Alubo Pdf

Author : Jean Laponce,Safran William
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135211332

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Ethnicity and Citizenship by Jean Laponce,Safran William Pdf

Examining past and present policies on immigration, current arguments regarding the evolution of the Canadian constitutional system and the continuing search for new definitions of citizenship; this book looks at the components of citizenship in Canada and the diversity of attitudes.

Author : Dunne Michael Dunne
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781474467919

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Citizenship and Rights in Multicultural Societies by Dunne Michael Dunne Pdf

This topical book examines the debates around contemporary conflicts between liberal democracies and increasingly vociferous special interest groups within society. It analyses the way a new sense of difference and the growth of multi-culturalism are straining modern notions of citizenship and rights, looking in particular at how ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe have escalated to international tragedies, while in the US and Canada, race, ethnicity and radical feminism are at the heart of a social conflict which challenges national identity and the unity of the state.

Author : Partick Baert,Sokratis M. Koniordos,Giovanna Procacci,Carlo Ruzza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135259716

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Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society by Partick Baert,Sokratis M. Koniordos,Giovanna Procacci,Carlo Ruzza Pdf

This book provides readers – students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, activists and interested non-specialists – with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary discussion, analysis and theorizing of issues pertaining to conflict, citizenship and civil society. It does so through thirteen pieces of most recent in-depth sociological research that delve on: challenges to citizenship, civil society and citizenship in early and late modernity, the reflexive imperative in transformations of civil society, social conflict challenges to social science approaches, methodology and explanatory power, gender, minorities-immigrants-refugees and the extension of citizenship, violence in modernity, the place of civil society for sociology, and postcolonialism, trauma, and civil society.

Author : Susannah J. Ural
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0814785719

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Civil War Citizens by Susannah J. Ural Pdf

At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age. Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo through the United States today. Contributors: Stephen D. Engle, William McKee Evans, David T. Gleeson, Andrea Mehrländer, Joseph P. Reidy, Robert N. Rosen, and Susannah J. Ural.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136927560

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Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict by Anonim Pdf

A definitive global survey of the interaction of race, ethnicity, nationalism and politics, this handbook blends theoretically grounded, rigorous analysis with empirical illustrations, to provide a state-of-the art overview of the contemporary debates on one of the most pervasive international security challenges today. The contributors to this volume offer a 360-degree perspective on ethnic conflict: from the theoretical foundations of nationalism and ethnicity, to the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict, and to the various strategies adopted in response to it. Without privileging any specific explanation of why ethnic conflict happens at a specific place and time or why attempts at preventing or settling it might fail or succeed, the Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict enables readers to gain better insights into such defining moments in post-Cold War international history as the disintegrations of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and their respective consequences and the genocide in Rwanda, as well as the relative success of conflict settlement efforts in Northern Ireland, Macedonia, and Aceh. By contributing to understanding the varied and multiple causes of ethnic conflicts and to learning from the successes and failures of its prevention and settlement, the Handbook makes a powerful case that ethnic conflicts are neither unavoidable nor unresolvable, but rather that they require careful analysis and thoughtful and measured responses.

Author : Warren I. Cohen
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631186344

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Race and Ethnicity by Warren I. Cohen Pdf

This course reader collects the essential texts necessary for a comparative and theoretically-informed approach to the study of race and ethnicity. The introduction gives an account of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.

Author : Ayelet Harel-Shalev
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 9382264574

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The Challenge of Democracy by Ayelet Harel-Shalev Pdf

Author : Lahra Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107328808

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Making Citizens in Africa by Lahra Smith Pdf

Smith argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool to approach political life in contemporary Africa because the institutional and structural reforms of the past two decades have been inextricably linked with the battle over the 'right to have rights'. Professor Lahra Smith's work advances the notion of meaningful citizenship, referring to the ways in which rights are exercised, or the effective practice of citizenship. Using data from Ethiopia and developing a historically informed study of language policy, ethnicity and gender identities, Smith analyzes the contestation over citizenship that engages the state, social movements and individuals in substantive ways. By combining original data on language policy in contemporary Ethiopia with detailed historical study and a focus on ethnicity, citizenship and gender, this work brings a fresh approach to Ethiopian political development and contemporary citizenship concerns across Africa.

Author : Yoav Peled,Noah Lewin-Epstein,Guy Mundlak,Jean Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317933342

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Democratic Citizenship and War by Yoav Peled,Noah Lewin-Epstein,Guy Mundlak,Jean Cohen Pdf

This edited volume explores the theoretical and practical implications of war and terror situations for citizenship in democratic states. Citizenship is a key concept in Western political thought for defining the individual’s relations with society. The specific nature of these rights, duties and contributions, as well the relations between them, are determined by the citizenship discourses that prevail in each society. In wartime, including low-intensity wars, democratic societies face different challenges than the ones facing them during peacetime, in areas such as human rights, the status of minorities, the state’s obligations to its citizens, and the meaning of social solidarity. War situations can affect not only the scope of citizenship as an institution, but also the relations between the prevailing discourses of citizenship and between different groups of citizens. Since 9/11 and the declaration of the 'war on terror', many democracies have been grappling with issues rising out of the interface between citizenship and war. This volume examines the effects of war on various aspects of citizenship practice, including: immigration and naturalization, the welfare state, individual liberties, gender relations, multiculturalism, social solidarity, and state – civil society relations. This book will be of great interest to students of military studies, political science, IR and security studies in general.

Author : Susanna Trnka,Christine Dureau,Julie Park
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136690594

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Senses and Citizenships by Susanna Trnka,Christine Dureau,Julie Park Pdf

What does disgust have to do with citizenship? How might pain and pleasure, movement, taste, sound and smell be configured as aspects of national belonging? Senses and Citizenships: Embodying Political Life examines the intersections between sensory phenomena and national and supra-national forms of belonging, introducing the new concept of sensory citizenship. Expanding upon contemporary understandings of the rights and duties of citizens, the volume presents anthropological investigations of the sensory aspects of participation in collectivities such as face-to-face communities, ethnic groups, nations and transnational entities. Rethinking relationships between ideology, aesthetics, affect and bodily experience, the authors reveal the multiple political effects of the senses. The book demonstrates how various elements of political life, including some of the most fundamental aspects of citizenship, rest not only upon our senses, but on their perceived naturalization. Vivid ethnographic examples of sensory citizenship in Europe, the United States, the Pacific, Asia and the Middle East explore themes such as sight in political constructions; smell and ethnic conflict; pain in the constitution of communities; national soundscapes; taste in national identities; movement, memory and emplacement.

Author : Rob Kroes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0252069099

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Them and Us by Rob Kroes Pdf

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, all of us consider ourselves to be citizens of something--but of what? Nation-states? Regions? Ethnic groups? Corporations? An accomplished set of meditations by one of Europe's leading Americanists, Them and Us is a rich comparative study of European and American cultural traditions and their influence on conceptions of community. In contrast with the ethnic and nationalist allegiances that historically have splintered Europe, Rob Kroes identifies a complex of cultural practices that have mitigated against ethnically rooted divisions in the United States. He argues that the American approach--articulated by a national rhetoric emphasizing openness rather than closure, diversity rather than uniformity--has much to offer a Europe where the nationalist and ethnic conflicts that spawned two world wars continue to sow terror and destruction. Kroes discusses European and American attitudes toward the welfare state, the human rights tradition in the United States, and the role of regionalism in shaping conceptions of national identity. He also considers new, transnational forms of cultural membership that are emerging to take the place of nation-based citizenship. He contends that the frame of reference Europeans now use to make sense of their collective situation draws on ingredients provided by the worldwide dissemination of American mass culture. He investigates the way this emerging world culture, under American auspices, affects the way people in their local and national settings structure their sense of the past and conceive of their citizenship. Imagining a new set of cultural relationships that could serve as the basis for global citizenship, Them and Us is an insightful consideration of the types of solidarity that might weave humankind together into a meaningful community.

Author : Edmond J. Keller
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253011893

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Identity, Citizenship, and Political Conflict in Africa by Edmond J. Keller Pdf

“Engaging…detailed with current information about the situation in many African countries.” —African Studies Quarterly Reflecting on the processes of nation-building and citizenship formation in Africa, Edmond J. Keller believes that although some deep parochial identities have eroded, they have not disappeared—and may be more assertive than previously thought, especially in instances of political conflict. Keller reconsiders how national identity has been understood in Africa and presents new approaches to identity politics, intergroup relations, state-society relations, and notions of national citizenship and citizenship rights. Focusing on Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Rwanda, he lays the foundation for a new understanding of political transition in contemporary Africa. “This book would certainly be useful in graduate seminars on African politics, African history or ethnic politics. It is written in a clear, straightforward style that also makes it appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate classes. Keller also offers insights for policymakers and development practitioners who continue to grapple with the real-world consequences of citizenship conflicts.”—Journal of Modern African Studies

Author : Rogers Brubaker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674260573

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Ethnicity without Groups by Rogers Brubaker Pdf

Despite a quarter-century of constructivist theorizing in the social sciences and humanities, ethnic groups continue to be conceived as entities and cast as actors. Journalists, policymakers, and researchers routinely frame accounts of ethnic, racial, and national conflict as the struggles of internally homogeneous, externally bounded ethnic groups, races, and nations. In doing so, they unwittingly adopt the language of participants in such struggles, and contribute to the reification of ethnic groups. In this timely and provocative volume, Rogers Brubaker—well known for his work on immigration, citizenship, and nationalism—challenges this pervasive and commonsense “groupism.” But he does not simply revert to standard constructivist tropes about the fluidity and multiplicity of identity. Once a bracing challenge to conventional wisdom, constructivism has grown complacent, even cliched. That ethnicity is constructed is commonplace; this volume provides new insights into how it is constructed. By shifting the analytical focus from identity to identifications, from groups as entities to group-making projects, from shared culture to categorization, from substance to process, Brubaker shows that ethnicity, race, and nation are not things in the world but perspectives on the world: ways of seeing, interpreting, and representing the social world.