Citizenship : practices, types and challenges / Dexter Petty and Clay MacFarland, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petty, Dexter.

MacFarland, Clay.

Series:

America in the 21st Century: Political and Economic Issues

America in the 21st century: political and economic issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents research in the study of the practices, types and challenges of citizenship. This book discusses such topics as: social exclusion, racism and citizenship in Australia; birthright citizenship of undocumented immigrants and the Dream Act; and, the socialisation of geoinformation for teaching purposes and promotion of citizenship.

Contents:

""CITIZENSHIP: PRACTICES, TYPES AND CHALLENGES ""; ""CITIZENSHIP: PRACTICES, TYPES AND CHALLENGES ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""THE EU CITIZENS� INITIATIVE: JUST A SYMBOL OR A CONCRETE INNOVATION? ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC LIFE OF THE UNION ""; ""3. THE RIGHT TO EUROPEAN CITIZENS� INITIATIVE (ECI) ""; ""4. THE INDIRECT NATURE OF THE ECI ""; ""5. THE SECONDARY LAW CONCERNING THE ECI: REGULATION 211/2011""; ""6. THE PROCEDURE SET IN REGULATION 211/2011 ""

""7. THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROVISION AND THE NUMERICAL REQUIREMENTS """"8. DOES THE CITIZENS� INITIATIVE EXCLUDE PROPOSALS IN CERTAIN SUBJECTS? ""; ""9. THE CENTRAL ROLE OF THE COMMISSION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""DEMONIZING NON-WHITE IDENTITIES IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY STATE: CITIZENSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND RACISM IN AUSTRALIA ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. THE GLOBAL SECURITY STATE AND IDENTITY POLITICS ""; ""2. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND IDENTITY STRUGGLES ""; ""3A. LOCALISED RACISM, RIOTS AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION ""

""3B. DEMONIZING THE OTHER: ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES """"3C. POST-MULTICULTURAL AUSTRALIA: IDENTITY STRUGGLES SINCE 1996 ""; ""4. RE-FRAMING CITIZENSHIP THEORY IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY STATE ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CHALLENGES AT THE PERIPHERY OF US CITIZENSHIP: BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND THE DREAM ACT ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE US BIRTHRIGHT AND ITS CHALLENGERS ""; ""THE DREAM ACT AND ITS PROPONENTS AND CHALLENGERS ""

""BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: NUMBERS AND PUBLIC OPINION""""DREAM ACT AND STUDENTS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: NUMBERS AND PUBLIC OPINION ""; ""ON THE PERIPHERY OF CITIZENSHIP: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THE DREAM ACT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRATION ""; ""IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION ""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS - IMPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP ""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS OF SELECT IMMIGRANTS ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF CIVIC DRIVEN CHANGE """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""FROM CITIZENSHIP TO CIVIC AGENCY ""; ""Foundational Theories ""; ""Action Theories ""; ""CIVIC DRIVEN CHANGE ""; ""The Substance ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF CLIENT-TARGETED CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS ""; ""METHOD ""; ""Procedure and Sample Characteristics ""; ""Measures ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CITIZENSHIP AND OLDER PEOPLE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""

""INTRODUCTION ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-442-8

OCLC:

828140669