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Nationhood, migration and global politics : an introduction / Raymond Taras.
LIBRA JC311 .T37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taras, Ray, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism.
- Nation-state.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Immigrants.
- National characteristics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Reinventing nationhood p. 1
- From nation to nationhood p. 1
- A non-Western critique of concepts p. 4
- Eurocentric bias p. 6
- The cornered state p. 7
- Nation branding p. 10
- Which immigrants? p. 12
- Which refugees? p. 13
- Who gets what, when, how p. 14
- Typologies of the nation p. 17
- Kultumation and nationhood p. 19
- Minorities into majorities p. 22
- Nationhood summarised p. 24
- 2 Prejudices and partialities p. 30
- Confronting bias p. 30
- The secular clash with religiosity p. 31
- Attributing racism p. 34
- Religious intolerance p. 39
- Language prejudice p. 42
- Comparing biases p. 46
- 3 Who belongs p. 51
- Migration rising p. 51
- Belonging: elusive or illusionary? p. 52
- First Nations p. 54
- Nativism and nationhood p. 60
- Not belonging p. 63
- Propositions p. 75
- 4 'Imperial' Russia p. 82
- Federalism and ethnicity p. 82
- The imperial idea p. 84
- Eurasianism to the rescue p. 86
- Multinational or multicultural? p. 87
- Nationhood in flux p. 89
- Migration in Russia p. 91
- Russification without nationhood p. 96
- 5 Multiculturalising Britain p. 102
- A devolved unitary monarchy p. 102
- Hyper-diversity and Brexit p. 103
- Britishness explained p. 105
- God's treasured first-born p. 108
- Nationhood exemplified: Race Equality Acts p. 112
- Attitudes towards minorities p. 115
- British Muslims p. 116
- After Brexit p. 119
- 6 Immigrant America p. 125
- How new a way to nationhood p. 125
- A national dialect p. 129
- Manifest destiny and exceptionalism p. 130
- Elitism and exclusion p. 132
- Immigrant Americans p. 137
- Immigration writ large and small p. 139
- Identities and divisions p. 142
- Race and anxiety p. 144
- Has America lost its mind? p. 146
- 7 Multinational India p. 151
- Majority and majority p. 151
- The British Raj and Indian nationalism p. 151
- Mutiny and nation p. 154
- Towards partition p. 157
- Famine p. 158
- Hindu nationalism triumphant p. 159
- Flawed nationhood p. 161
- Climate refugees p. 163
- BJP rising p. 168
- 8 Multiracial South Africa p. 174
- Troubled legacy p. 174
- The violence of colonialism p. 175
- Identity obsession p. 177
- Elections and nationhood p. 181
- Zulu as historic nation p. 183
- Xenophobia without racism p. 186
- Not belonging - again p. 190
- Of kings and presidents p. 192
- 9 Peru - Indígenas, Mestizos, Criollos p. 197
- Migration and social class p. 197
- Indigeneity p. 200
- Casta representations p. 201
- March to the cities p. 204
- Integrating into urban culture p. 206
- Extranjeros p. 208
- Untying the Gordian Knot p. 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1474413412
- 9781474413411
- 1474413404
- 9781474413404
- OCLC:
- 1033568908
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