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Citizenship and Immigrant Incorporation : Comparative Perspectives on North America and Western Europe / by G. Yurdakul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yurdakul, G., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Political science.
- Constitutional law.
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- Constitutional Law.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- Constitutional Law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Summary:
- The contributions in this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights law, and the critical attention paid to women migrants.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Contributors; Foreword: The Integration Challenge; Introduction: Between Universalism and the Recognition of Otherness; Part I The Changing Nature of Migration in North America and Western Europe; One The Changing Nature of Migration in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Integration Strategies; Two The Economic Adaptation of Past and Present Immigrants: Lessons from a Comparative-Historical Approach; Three Citizenship and Pluralism: Multiculturalism in a World of Global Migration
- Part II Diaspora, Religion, and Counter-TraditionsFour Islam and Multicultural Societies: A Transatlantic Comparison; Five The Changing Contours of the Immigrant Religious Life; Six Crafting an Identity in the Diaspora: Iranian Immigrants in the United States; Part III Nation-State, Transnational Migration and Immigrant Workers; Seven Nation-State Building Projects and the Politics of Transnational Migration: Locating Salvadorans in Canada, the United States, and El Salvador; Eight Freedom to Discriminate: A National State Sovereignty and Temporary Migrant Workers in Canada
- Nine Professionals and Saints: How Immigrant Careworkers Negotiate Gender Identities at WorkPart IV Immigrant Incorporation into Social Institutions; Ten "We are Strong Together": The Unhappy Marriage of Immigrant Associations and Trade Unions in Germany; Eleven Liberal Values and Illiberal Cultures: The Question of Sharia Tribunals in Ontario; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137073792
- 1137073799
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