Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook526 pages7 hours
Governing diversity: Migrant Integration and Multiculturalism in North America and Europe
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
During the 2000s, the European Union has witnessed a significant change in terms of integration policies for immigrants.
This book intends to address the relationship between, on the one hand, cultural diversity resulting from migration, and, on the other hand, social cohesion and social justice within Western societies. In order to do this, the authors examine what can be described as two contradictory trends in recent public policies towards foreign people or people with a foreign origin.
A book that aims to provide a trans-disciplinary analysis of the construction of “otherness” in North America and Europe.
EXTRAIT
In October 2010, in a very polemic context on immigration and immigrant integration, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced that Germany was to be considered a multicultural failure, words that were soon echoed by the Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme. A few months later, the British Prime Minister David Cameron and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the failure of multiculturalism in almost identical terms. These sensational statements, which by and large avoid defining the concept of multiculturalism, are based on a reaffirmation of “Western values” and strengthening of national identity. These statements express the need to review the policies on integration of immigrants, in the sense that they should be more active and voluntarist, more organized by the state and more supported by the EU. In the background, one can see fear for Islamic extremism, but also the idea that the nation states can put some obligations on immigrants, and that for a too long time we have been focusing on “those who arrive”, rather than on “the society that welcomes them”. These speeches are situated in a politico-legal context that in recent years was characterized by an ambivalent attitude towards diversity in Europe. On the one hand, we have seen accusations of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, based on antidiscrimination legislation boosted by a strong European equality legal framework. On the other hand, we have seen denouncements of the perceived risk posed by Islam in Europe. These policy statements are also a result of numerous publications, often widely discussed in the media that outline the dangers of Islam in Europe (especially in the Netherlands). These political positions have also led to political decisions demonstrating the lack of legitimacy of Islam in Europe, such as the ban on building minarets in Switzerland or the Burqa bans adopted in the name of protecting national values and the “living together”, notably in France and Belgium (2011).
This book intends to address the relationship between, on the one hand, cultural diversity resulting from migration, and, on the other hand, social cohesion and social justice within Western societies. In order to do this, the authors examine what can be described as two contradictory trends in recent public policies towards foreign people or people with a foreign origin.
A book that aims to provide a trans-disciplinary analysis of the construction of “otherness” in North America and Europe.
EXTRAIT
In October 2010, in a very polemic context on immigration and immigrant integration, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced that Germany was to be considered a multicultural failure, words that were soon echoed by the Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme. A few months later, the British Prime Minister David Cameron and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the failure of multiculturalism in almost identical terms. These sensational statements, which by and large avoid defining the concept of multiculturalism, are based on a reaffirmation of “Western values” and strengthening of national identity. These statements express the need to review the policies on integration of immigrants, in the sense that they should be more active and voluntarist, more organized by the state and more supported by the EU. In the background, one can see fear for Islamic extremism, but also the idea that the nation states can put some obligations on immigrants, and that for a too long time we have been focusing on “those who arrive”, rather than on “the society that welcomes them”. These speeches are situated in a politico-legal context that in recent years was characterized by an ambivalent attitude towards diversity in Europe. On the one hand, we have seen accusations of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, based on antidiscrimination legislation boosted by a strong European equality legal framework. On the other hand, we have seen denouncements of the perceived risk posed by Islam in Europe. These policy statements are also a result of numerous publications, often widely discussed in the media that outline the dangers of Islam in Europe (especially in the Netherlands). These political positions have also led to political decisions demonstrating the lack of legitimacy of Islam in Europe, such as the ban on building minarets in Switzerland or the Burqa bans adopted in the name of protecting national values and the “living together”, notably in France and Belgium (2011).
Unavailable
Related to Governing diversity
Related ebooks
Governing diversity: Migrant Integration and Multiculturalism in North America and Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration: The Transatlantic Council on Migration Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImmigration and Social Cohesion in the Republic of Ireland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEurope's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Embodying Borders: A Migrant’s Right to Health, Universal Rights and Local Policies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrategies for Combating Right-Wing Extremism in Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCultural Borders of Europe: Narratives, Concepts and Practices in the Present and the Past Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Politics of European Citizenship: Deepening Contradictions in Social Rights and Migration Policy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEthnic Representation in the Finnish Press Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVoices of Women Writers: Using Language to Negotiate Identity in (Trans)migratory Contexts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPostcolonial minorities in Britain and France: In the hyphen of the nation-state Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImmigration and Integration in Israel and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaunted presents: Europeans, Muslim immigrants and the onus of European-Jewish histories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImmigration, Islam, and the Politics of Belonging in France: A Comparative Framework Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiving Diversity – Shaping Society: The Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Cultural Difference in Germany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEurope in Its Own Eyes, Europe in the Eyes of the Other Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCitizenship, Borders, and Human Needs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsManaging Diversity: Practices of Citizenship Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBelonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIslam and the Politics of Culture in Europe: Memory, Aesthetics, Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCulture as Embodiment: The Social Tuning of Behavior Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInhabiting the Land Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Integrating Low-Skilled Migrants in the Digital Age: European and US Experience: Conference Proceedings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLondon's Polish Borders: Transnationalizing Class and Ethnicity among Polish Migrants in London Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEuropean Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemocracy and Difference: Contesting the Boundaries of the Political Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGERMANY HAS FALLEN: MASS MIGRATION AND RISE OF POPULISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THAT FAMOUS WALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRethinking settlement and integration: Migrants' anchoring in an age of insecurity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Diversity Illusion: What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Emigration, Immigration, and Refugees For You
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Adios, America: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Go Home! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLetter to a Bigot: Dead But Not Forgotten Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo Hell or Barbados: The ethnic cleansing of Ireland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dogeaters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America (Updated and Expanded Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorld of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Political Racism: Brexit and its Aftermath Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Governing diversity
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews