Citizenship, Political Engagement, and Belonging - Immigrants in Europe and the United States

Informationen zum Autor DEBORAH REED-DANAHAY is a professor of anthropology at SUNY at Buffalo. CAROLINE B. BRETTEL is a Dedman Family Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. Klappentext Bringing together a transcontinental group of anthropologists, this book provides an in-depth look at the current processes of immigration, political behavior, and citizenship in both the United States and Europe. Essays draw on issues of race, national identity, religion, and more, while addressing questions, including: How should citizenship be defined? In what ways do immigrants use the political process to achieve group aims? And, how do adults and youth learn to become active participants in the public sphere? Zusammenfassung Offers a look at the processes of immigration! political behavior! and citizenship in both the United States and Europe. This book contains essays! which draw on issues of race! national identity! and religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Inclusion and Exclusion: Discourses of Belonging Part II. Political Mobilization and Claims Making Part III. New Spaces of Citizenship Afterword: Some Concluding Reflections References Contributors Index

Product details

• Authors: Deborah (EDT)/ Brettell Reed-Donahoy
• Assisted by: Caroline Brettell (Editor), Caroline B Brettell (Editor), Caroline B. Brettell (Editor), Deborah Reed-Danahay (Editor)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2008
• EAN: 9780813543307
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4330-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories