Challenging Immigration and Ethnic Relations Politics: Comparative European Perspectives - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198295618 ISBN 13 : 9780198295617

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

Synopsis

At a time when immigration and ethnic issues are hotly disputed across Europe, and challenged by minorities and xenophobes, this collection presents substantive cross-national analysis on the qualities of contentious politics. It offers conceptual approaches to migration and "ethnic relations" politics; it provides empirical analyses based on a method of systematic cross-national comparison; and, it addresses the emergence of the transnational level of political authority, its implications for national and sub-national politics, and how it is challenged by social movements.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

At a time when immigration and ethnic relations issues are hotly disputed across Europe, and challenged by minorities and xenophobes, the explicit aim of this collection is to present substantive cross-national contributions on this new quality of contentious politics. That European countries have dealt with the integration of minorities in different ways, often bound up in conceptions of nationhood and citizenship traditions, indicates that research will benefit from more systematic cross-national comparisons. Secondly, the new contentiousness of immigration and ethnic relations politics points to a need for more systematic linkages between policy analyses and the public conflicts that are mobilized by xenophobic, minority, and anti-racist movements. Thirdly, since the topics of the extreme right and ethnic minorities have been largely dealt with as distinct fields, a greater cross-thematic conceptualisation is necessary The book divides into four parts. In the first, authors offer conceptual approaches to migration and ethnic relations politics drawing strongly on cross-national observations. Parts two and three are empirical analyses based on a method of systematic cross-national comparison. Whereas the institutionalised aspects of immigration and ethnic relations politics are the topic of part two, the third focuses more on the public contentious dimensions. Finally, in light of the important claims that nation-states are no longer the significant framework of reference for politics in a globalizing world, the contributions to part four address the emergence of the transnational level of political authority and its implications for national and sub-national politics, and challenges by social movements.

Revue de presse

This book is one of the better contributions to the field of the politics of immigration and ethnic relations. It will prove invaluable reading for political scientists interested in this research field, as well as for researchers in the field of ethnic and migration studies who want to understand how and why 'politics matter'. (Acta Politica: International Journal of Political Science)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198295618
• ISBN 13: 9780198295617
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Éditeur: Koopmans Ruud
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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