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Using detailed examples from Finland, Hungary, Canada and the UK,
this book explores relationships between the racialization and
discrimination experienced by heterogeneous European Roma
populations, and the processes of everyday bordering embedded in
state policies and media discourses. In the context of the long
histories of discrimination experienced by Roma people across
Europe, the chapters engage with changing EU policies, including
the recent tensions between inter-European de-bordering and the
selective immigration policies introduced as different states react
to EU free movement. Employing an intersectional analysis, the
authors capture the perspectives of differentially situated people
and associated discourses to examine the continuing racism
experienced by European Roma citizens in their interaction with
bordering technologies. They examine the homogenizing 'racial
othering' and construction of Roma as a 'criminal category' that
co-exists with the differentiations made between 'indigenous' and
'migrant' Roma central to dominant bordering discourses and the
contestations of different Roma populations. Chapters focus on Roma
activism and the media, the exclusion of Roma residents via urban
regeneration and welfare provision, and powerful media and
political discourses about Roma populations in different national
and transnational contexts. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Using detailed examples from Finland, Hungary, Canada and the UK,
this book explores relationships between the racialization and
discrimination experienced by heterogeneous European Roma
populations, and the processes of everyday bordering embedded in
state policies and media discourses. In the context of the long
histories of discrimination experienced by Roma people across
Europe, the chapters engage with changing EU policies, including
the recent tensions between inter-European de-bordering and the
selective immigration policies introduced as different states react
to EU free movement. Employing an intersectional analysis, the
authors capture the perspectives of differentially situated people
and associated discourses to examine the continuing racism
experienced by European Roma citizens in their interaction with
bordering technologies. They examine the homogenizing 'racial
othering' and construction of Roma as a 'criminal category' that
co-exists with the differentiations made between 'indigenous' and
'migrant' Roma central to dominant bordering discourses and the
contestations of different Roma populations. Chapters focus on Roma
activism and the media, the exclusion of Roma residents via urban
regeneration and welfare provision, and powerful media and
political discourses about Roma populations in different national
and transnational contexts. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
This wide-ranging and accessible book examines race in relation to social divisions such as ethnicity, gender and class. It provides a major new approach to studying the boundaries of race, and will be of interest to students of sociology, ethnic studies and gender studies.
This wide-ranging and accessible book examines race in relation to
social divisions such as ethnicity, gender and class. It provides a
major new approach to studying the boundaries of race, and will be
of interest to students of sociology, ethnic studies and gender
studies.
2014 is WAF's 25th anniversary year, and this book maps the
development of the organisation over the past 25 years, through the
life stories and political reflections of some of its members. It
focuses on the ways in which lived contradictions have been
reflected in their politics. Their stories describe the pathways
that led them to WAF, and the role WAF has played in their lives
and in the different forms of politicial activism in which they
have engaged. Discussing feminist activism from a wide variety of
different ethnic and religious backgrounds, contributors highlight
the complex relationships of belonging that are at the heart of
contemporary social life - including the problems of exclusionary
political projects of belonging. They also explore the ways in
which anti-fundamentalism relates to broader feminist, anti-racist
and other emancipatory political ideologies and movements. The
personal stories at the centre of this book are those of women
whose lives enact the complexities of multiple (if shifting and
contingent) mutually constitutive axes of power and difference.
Much of their concerns therefore relate to crossing the boundaries
of collectivity and practising a 'dialogical transversal politics'
that has developed as an alternative to identity politics.
"This is an in-depth examination of a slippery and contradictory
subject. Knowledge alone is not enough for this type of project. It
takes breaking out of narrow conceptual cages and unsettling what
we think of as stable meanings. The author brings all of this to
life in often unforgettable ways." - Saskia Sassen, Professor,
Columbia University "National identities were once taken largely
for granted in social science. Now they are part of an even more
complex 'politics of belonging' that challenges both public affairs
and the categories of social science. Nira Yuval-Davis offers a
nuanced account that will be important for scholars and all those
concerned with contemporary politics." - Craig Calhoun, Director,
LSE This is a cutting-edge investigation of the challenging debates
around belonging and the politics of belonging. Alongside the
hegemonic forms of citizenship and nationalism which have tended to
dominate our recent political and social history, Nira Yuval-Davis
examines alternative contemporary political projects of belonging
constructed around the notions of religion, cosmopolitanism and the
feminist 'ethics of care'. The book also explores the effects of
globalization, mass migration, the rise of both fundamentalist and
human rights movements on such politics of belonging, as well as
some of its racialized and gendered dimensions. A special space is
given to the various feminist political movements that have been
engaged as part of or in resistance to the political projects of
belonging. Yuval-Davis deconstructs notions of national and ethnic
and interrogates the effects that different political projects of
belonging have on members of these collectivities who are
differentially located socially, economically and politically.
Exploring gender relations and the ways they affect and are affected by national projects and processes, Nira Yuval-Davis argues that the constructions of nationhood usually involve specific notions of both æmanhoodÆ and æwomanhood,Æ although their explicit inclusion in the analytical discourse around nations and nationalisms is only a very recent endeavor. She promotes this analytical project by examining systematically the crucial contribution of gender relations into several major dimensions of nationalist projectsùnational reproduction, national culture, citizenship, as well as national conflicts and wars. The author sharply differentiates national projects from ænation-statesÆ and she emphasizes that membership on ænationsÆ can be sub-, super-, and cross-states. Gender and Nation is an important contribution to the debates on citizenship, gender, and nationhood. Gender and Nation will be essential reading for academics and students of womenÆs studies, race and ethnic studies, sociology, and political studies.
"This is an in-depth examination of a slippery and contradictory
subject. Knowledge alone is not enough for this type of project. It
takes breaking out of narrow conceptual cages and unsettling what
we think of as stable meanings. The author brings all of this to
life in often unforgettable ways." - Saskia Sassen, Professor,
Columbia University "National identities were once taken largely
for granted in social science. Now they are part of an even more
complex 'politics of belonging' that challenges both public affairs
and the categories of social science. Nira Yuval-Davis offers a
nuanced account that will be important for scholars and all those
concerned with contemporary politics." - Craig Calhoun, Director,
LSE This is a cutting-edge investigation of the challenging debates
around belonging and the politics of belonging. Alongside the
hegemonic forms of citizenship and nationalism which have tended to
dominate our recent political and social history, Nira Yuval-Davis
examines alternative contemporary political projects of belonging
constructed around the notions of religion, cosmopolitanism and the
feminist 'ethics of care'. The book also explores the effects of
globalization, mass migration, the rise of both fundamentalist and
human rights movements on such politics of belonging, as well as
some of its racialized and gendered dimensions. A special space is
given to the various feminist political movements that have been
engaged as part of or in resistance to the political projects of
belonging. Yuval-Davis deconstructs notions of national and ethnic
and interrogates the effects that different political projects of
belonging have on members of these collectivities who are
differentially located socially, economically and politically.
This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered
effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at
the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It
encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship,
inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts
and local/global relationships. The range - geographically,
thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects
current concerns in the world today. A timely contribution to the
ongoing debates in the field, it will be a valuable companion to
scholars working in the areas of multiculturalism, globalisation
and culture, race and ethnic studies, gender studies and studies of
post-partition societies.
This book makes an important contribution towards an understanding
of citizenship as mediated by other collective, historically
determined identities: of gender, ethnicity, class and national
status. It brings together a group of prominent international
scholars from moral philosophy, law, political science and
sociology to offer a major reconceptualization of the idea of
citizenship. Throughout, the book is concerned with the current
dismantling of welfare states, the attack on civil society and the
rise in state terror and religious and cultural findamentalisms.
The contributors demonstrate how the growing ambivalence of state
sovereignty in the face of multi-national capitalism and the
absence of political accountability structures are complicit in the
definitions of gendered citizenship. Against these, women's
communal mobilization and political activism are considered in
terms of their power effects and political potentialities; the book
as a whole shows the need to negotiate and transcend difference and
to find means for creating alliances across differences. The most
comprehensive, comparative statement on the present state of the
gender and citizenship debate available, this book will be
necessary reading for students and academics of nationalism,
citizenship, human rights, globalization and women's studies.
Nira Yuval-Davis provides an authoritative overview and critique of
writings on gender and nationhood, presenting an original analysis
of the ways gender relations affect and are affected by national
projects and processes. In Gender and Nation Yuval-Davis argues
that the construction of nationhood involves specific notions of
both `manhood' and `womanhood'. She examines the contribution of
gender relations to key dimensions of nationalist projects - the
nation's reproduction, its culture and citizenship - as well as to
national conflicts and wars, exploring the contesting relations
between feminism and nationalism. Gender and Nation is an important
contribution to the debates on citizenship, gender and nationhood.
It will be essential reading for academics and students of women's
studies, race and ethnic studies, sociology and political science.
`Settler societies' are those in which Europeans have settled and
become politically dominant over indigenous people, and where a
heterogenous society has developed in class, ethnic and racial
terms. They offer a unique prism for understanding the complex
relations of gender, race, ethnicity and class in contemporary
societies. Unsettling Settler Societies brings together a
distinguished cast of contributors to explore these relations in
both material and discursive terms. They look at the relation
between indigenous and settler/immigrant populations, focusing in
particular on women's conditions and politics. The book examines
how the process of development of settler societies, and the
positions of indigenous and migrant peoples within them, reflects
the place of these societies (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the
United States, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Algeria and
Israel) within a global economy.
This book is about Avishai Ehrlich, his life's work in political
sociology, his contribution to the field of sociology in Israel and
his role as a public intellectual. The chapters include some of his
articles, commentaries on his work and his public activism, and
personal experiences and memories of Avishai as teacher and friend.
The book will appeal to sociologists in general, particularly those
whose interests include the Middle East conflict, Arab-Israeli
relations and the various socio-political contexts within which the
State of Israel evolves. A number of distinguished academics have
contributed to this publication; they are also counted among
Avishai Ehrlich's closest friends and associates. Their
contributions introduce the reader to an extraordinary person whose
interests span a very wide range: from sociology, Marxist theory
and political economy, to photography, botany and cooking Avishai
is currently reading Jewish and Islamic Philosophy at Tel Aviv
University, and improving his knowledge of Arabic. This book is
about his ideas, his work and the influence he wielded among his
students, peers and friends.
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