ISBN:
1412921015
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9781412921015
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 231 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Sage studies in international sociology 55
Parallel Title:
Print version The Situated Politics of Belonging
DDC:
305.01
Keywords:
Group identity Congresses
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Social integration Congresses
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Social integration
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range - geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today. A timely contribution to the ongoing debates in the field, it will be a valuable companion to scholars working in the areas
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Biographical Notes; Introduction: Situating Contemporary Politics of Belonging; Section I: Multiculturalism, Cosmopolitanism and contemporary Politics of Belonging; Chapter 1 - Belongings in a Globalising and Unequal World: Rethinking Translocations; Chapter 2 - Culture, Identity and Rights: Challenging Contemporary Discourses of Belonging; Chapter 3 - Domestic Cosmopolitanism and Structures of Feeling: the Specificity of London; Chapter 4 - A Cartography of Resistance: the National Federation of Dalit Women
Description / Table of Contents:
Section II: Racisms, Sexisms and Contemporary Politics of BelongingChapter 5 - Im/possible Inhabitations; Chapter 6 - An Inhospitable Port in the Storm: Recent Clandestine West African Migrants and the Quest for Diasporic Recognition; Chapter 7 - Alterity and Belonging in Diaspora Space: Changing Irish Identities and 'Race'-Making in the 'Age of Migration'; Chapter 8 - Recognition, Respect and Rights: Refugees Living on Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) in Australia; Chapter 9 - Gender and Caste Conflicts in Rural Bihar: Dalit Women as Arm Bearers
Description / Table of Contents:
Section III: Human Rights, Military Interventions and Contemporary Politics of BelongingChapter 10 - The Judgement of Evil and Contemporary Politics of Belonging; Chapter 11 - National Interests, National Identity and 'Ethical Foreign Policy'; Chapter 12 - Australians in Guantanamo Bay: Gradations of Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging; Chapter 13 - 'The Enemy of My Enemy is Not My Friend': Women's Rights, Occupation and 'Reconstruction' in Iraq; Chapter 14 - Legislating Utopia? Violence against Women: Identities and Interventions; Index
Note:
Certain chapters originally presented an international conference in London, Aug. 25-17, 2004
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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