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This book is a strong piece of scholarship and its contributors,
among the best in the field, must be commended. They have achieved
their goal to establish interculturalism as a new paradigm for
diversity management. By the same token, they have provided
governments, cities and academia with a possible alternative to
multiculturalism (a term which is declining in favour in Europe). I
have no doubt that the book, with its welcome combination of
theoretical and empirical inputs, will soon become a milestone.' -
Gerard Bouchard, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Canada'This
excellent collection of uniformly high quality essays analyses the
theory, policy and implementation of the increasingly popular idea
of interculturalism, and shows how it offers the best way to
integrate minorities at the local level. It is underpinned by a
well worked out theoretical framework and embedded in rich
empirical analysis.' - Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and
Member of the House of Lords, UK Cities are increasingly recognized
as new players in diversity studies, and many of them are showing
evidence of an intercultural shift. As an emerging concept and
policy, interculturalism is becoming the most pragmatic answer to
concrete concerns in cities. Within this framework, this book
covers two major concerns: how to conceptualize and how to
implement intercultural policies. Through the use of theoretical
and comparative case studies, the current most prominent
contributors in the field examine an area that multicultural
policies have missed in the past: interaction between people from
different cultures and national backgrounds. By compiling the
recent research in Europe and elsewhere this book concludes that
interculturalism is becoming both an attractive and efficient new
paradigm for diversity management. Academics, students and
researchers working in the field of diversity studies and related
areas will find this to be an essential read. Taking an innovative
approach to issues raised by interculturalism in cities, it will
also appeal to policy makers seeking to formulate a new policy
focus and approaches for diversity management. Contributors: T.
Cantle, T. Caponio, I. Guidikova, A. Harell, A. Ludwinek, R.
Ricucci, F. Rocher, A. Triandafyllidou, I. Ulasiuk, A. Wagner, P.
Wood, R. Zapata-Barrero
A burgeoning literature is currently exploring the rise of a new
migratory profile: migrants engaged in Transnational
Entrepreneurship, referring to immigrants who are engaged in
cross-border business involving their country of origin and
destination, both perceived as lands of opportunity. Until now,
little has been done in linking business studies and migration
studies in this particular field of research on diaspora politics
and Transnational Entrepreneurship; besides, the focus has mostly
been on identifying the key independent variables, patterns, and
developing hypotheses on the favourable and non-favourable factors
promoting migrant business involvement in the country of residence
alone. This book collects the main findings of the European
Horizon–2020–RISE Project "DiasporaLink", a multidisciplinary
project that has gathered the most prominent scholars in their
respective field. Grounded in a variety of empirical evidences of
the impact of Transnational Entrepreneurship, the book aims to
explore the new global social pattern of entrepreneurs doing
business transnationally. The chapters in this book were first
published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration
Studies.
This volume demonstrates that migration- and diversity-related
concepts are always contested, and provides a reflexive critical
awareness and better comprehension of the complex questions driving
migration studies. The main purpose of this volume is to enhance
conceptual thinking on migration studies. Examining interaction
between concepts in the public domain, the academic disciplines,
and the policy field, this book helps to avoid simplification or
even trivialization of complex issues. Recent political events
question established ways of looking at issues of migration and
diversity and require a clarification or reinvention of political
concepts to match the changing world. Applying five basic
dimensions, each expert chapter contribution reflects on the role
concepts play and demonstrates that concepts are ideology
dependent, policy/politics dependent, context dependent, discipline
dependent, and language dependent, and are influenced by how
research is done, how policies are formulated, and how political
debates extend and distort them. This book will be essential
reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in migration
studies/politics, migrant integration, citizenship studies, racism
studies, and more broadly of key interest to sociology, political
science, and political theory.
This volume demonstrates that migration- and diversity-related
concepts are always contested, and provides a reflexive critical
awareness and better comprehension of the complex questions driving
migration studies. The main purpose of this volume is to enhance
conceptual thinking on migration studies. Examining interaction
between concepts in the public domain, the academic disciplines,
and the policy field, this book helps to avoid simplification or
even trivialization of complex issues. Recent political events
question established ways of looking at issues of migration and
diversity and require a clarification or reinvention of political
concepts to match the changing world. Applying five basic
dimensions, each expert chapter contribution reflects on the role
concepts play and demonstrates that concepts are ideology
dependent, policy/politics dependent, context dependent, discipline
dependent, and language dependent, and are influenced by how
research is done, how policies are formulated, and how political
debates extend and distort them. This book will be essential
reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in migration
studies/politics, migrant integration, citizenship studies, racism
studies, and more broadly of key interest to sociology, political
science, and political theory.
A burgeoning literature is currently exploring the rise of a new
migratory profile: migrants engaged in Transnational
Entrepreneurship, referring to immigrants who are engaged in
cross-border business involving their country of origin and
destination, both perceived as lands of opportunity. Until now,
little has been done in linking business studies and migration
studies in this particular field of research on diaspora politics
and Transnational Entrepreneurship; besides, the focus has mostly
been on identifying the key independent variables, patterns, and
developing hypotheses on the favourable and non-favourable factors
promoting migrant business involvement in the country of residence
alone. This book collects the main findings of the European
Horizon-2020-RISE Project "DiasporaLink", a multidisciplinary
project that has gathered the most prominent scholars in their
respective field. Grounded in a variety of empirical evidences of
the impact of Transnational Entrepreneurship, the book aims to
explore the new global social pattern of entrepreneurs doing
business transnationally. The chapters in this book were first
published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration
Studies.
This book seeks to explore the potentialities of strengthening a
new field of research within migration and diversity studies, that
of immigrant incorporation in political parties. The point of
departure of all the contributions to this volume is that there is
what we call a 'diversity gap' between political parties as public
representative organisations and diversity dynamics in democratic
societies. Exploring the current strategies of political parties
developing first conceptual frameworks, theoretical foundations and
empirical hypothesis and approaches, this book examines case
studies from four European countries: Germany, Ireland, Portugal
and Spain. This book was originally published as a special issue of
Ethnic and Racial Studies.
In the current European dilemma as to whether to increase diversity
policies or move towards an assimilationist policy, it is difficult
to know what the Spanish approach is. This book argues that Spain
represents a context of 'multiple diversity', where two frameworks
interact: an old, unresolved one, arising from democratic
transition, and a new one due to immigration. This explains the
Spanish practical approach, where the recent past plays the role of
an iron cage, limiting institutional innovation and change. The
author proposes a heuristic model, to better understand the
'Spanish laboratory of diversities'. In order to go through these
steps, the author analyses three case studies, coming from the
political/social agenda: education, workplace, and political
rights. At the end, the reader will have an updated overview on how
Spain is managing diversity, empirically informed and theoretically
founded. This book is timely for a wide range of academic and
professional readers.
How have immigration and diversity shaped urban life and local
governance? The Routledge Handbook to the Governance of Migration
and Diversity in Cities focuses on the ways migration and diversity
have transformed cities, and how cities have responded to the
challenges and opportunities offered. Strengthening the relevance
of the city as a crucial category for the study of migration policy
and migration flows, the book is divided into five parts: *
Migration, history and urban life * Local politics and political
participation * Local policies of migration and diversity *
Superdiverse cities * Divided cities and border cities. Grounded in
the European debate on "the local turn" in the study of migration
policy, as contrasted to the more traditional focus on the
nation-state, the handbook also brings together contributions from
North America, South America, Asia and the Middle East and
contributors from a wide range of disciplines. It is a valuable
resource for students and scholars working in political science,
policy studies, history, sociology, urban studies and geography.
"Multiculturalism and Citizenship" investigates the European
dimension of multiculturalism and immigration. This book argues
that the political theory discourse of multiculturalism and
resulting policies in this area assume an interpretation of
liberalism that has developed from the American experience, rather
than the European, and that this issue must be addressed. Much of
the theoretical debate up to now understates the normative power of
majority/state nationality, and overlooks the diverse societal and
political contexts that may condition multicultural debates in
different countries. Most seriously, such debate misses out the
central feature of the multicultural challenge in Western Europe
today: the assertion of religious-communal, especially Muslim,
identities in polities whose self image is secular. This book
argues, therefore, that a European theory must focus on different
normative and political dilemmas than a North American one and must
interrogate the claims for and against secularism.
"Multiculturalism and Citizenship" is truly interdisciplinary in
scope (combining sociological, political science and discourse
analytical themes) and thus presents a fresh and unique perspective
on multiculturalism and citizenship in Western Europe today. It
offers a comparative and coherent series of national case studies
by a diverse range of leading scholars in the field, which provide
a theoretical framework for the volume as a whole.
This is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers
and policy makers interested in immigration, multiculturalism,
European integration, Islamic studies and ethnicities.
"Multiculturalism and Citizenship" investigates the European
dimension of multiculturalism and immigration. This book argues
that the political theory discourse of multiculturalism and
resulting policies in this area assume an interpretation of
liberalism that has developed from the American experience, rather
than the European, and that this issue must be addressed. Much of
the theoretical debate up to now understates the normative power of
majority/state nationality, and overlooks the diverse societal and
political contexts that may condition multicultural debates in
different countries. Most seriously, such debate misses out the
central feature of the multicultural challenge in Western Europe
today: the assertion of religious-communal, especially Muslim,
identities in polities whose self image is secular. This book
argues, therefore, that a European theory must focus on different
normative and political dilemmas than a North American one and must
interrogate the claims for and against secularism.
"Multiculturalism and Citizenship" is truly interdisciplinary in
scope (combining sociological, political science and discourse
analytical themes) and thus presents a fresh and unique perspective
on multiculturalism and citizenship in Western Europe today. It
offers a comparative and coherent series of national case studies
by a diverse range of leading scholars in the field, which provide
a theoretical framework for the volume as a whole.
This is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers
and policy makers interested in immigration, multiculturalism,
European integration, Islamic studies and ethnicities.
This book seeks to explore the potentialities of strengthening a
new field of research within migration and diversity studies, that
of immigrant incorporation in political parties. The point of
departure of all the contributions to this volume is that there is
what we call a 'diversity gap' between political parties as public
representative organisations and diversity dynamics in democratic
societies. Exploring the current strategies of political parties
developing first conceptual frameworks, theoretical foundations and
empirical hypothesis and approaches, this book examines case
studies from four European countries: Germany, Ireland, Portugal
and Spain. This book was originally published as a special issue of
Ethnic and Racial Studies.
This open access book covers the main issues, challenges and
techniques concerning the application of qualitative methodologies
to the study of migration. It discusses theoretical,
epistemological and empirical questions that must be considered
before, during, and after undertaking qualitative research in
migration studies. It also covers recent innovative developments
and addresses the key issues and major challenges that qualitative
migration research may face at different stages i.e. crafting the
research questions, defining approaches, developing concepts and
theoretical frameworks, mapping categories, selecting cases,
dealing with concerns of self-reflection, collecting and processing
empirical evidence through various techniques, including visual
data, dealing with ethical issues, and developing policy-research
dialogues. Each chapter discusses relative strengths and
limitations of qualitative research. The chapters also identify the
main drivers for qualitative research development in migration
studies. It is a unique volume as it brings together a
multidisciplinary perspective as well as illustrations of different
issues derived from the research experience of the recognized
authors. One additional value of this book is its geographic focus
on Europe. It seeks to explore theoretical and methodological
issues that are raised by distinctive features of the European
context. This volume will be a useful reference source for scholars
and professionals in migration studies and in social sciences as
well. The publication is also addressed to graduate and
post-graduate students and, more generally, to those who embark on
the task of doing qualitative research for the first time in the
field of migration.
How have immigration and diversity shaped urban life and local
governance? The Routledge Handbook to the Governance of Migration
and Diversity in Cities focuses on the ways migration and diversity
have transformed cities, and how cities have responded to the
challenges and opportunities offered. Strengthening the relevance
of the city as a crucial category for the study of migration policy
and migration flows, the book is divided into five parts: *
Migration, history and urban life * Local politics and political
participation * Local policies of migration and diversity *
Superdiverse cities * Divided cities and border cities. Grounded in
the European debate on "the local turn" in the study of migration
policy, as contrasted to the more traditional focus on the
nation-state, the handbook also brings together contributions from
North America, South America, Asia and the Middle East and
contributors from a wide range of disciplines. It is a valuable
resource for students and scholars working in political science,
policy studies, history, sociology, urban studies and geography.
This open access book covers the main issues, challenges and
techniques concerning the application of qualitative methodologies
to the study of migration. It discusses theoretical,
epistemological and empirical questions that must be considered
before, during, and after undertaking qualitative research in
migration studies. It also covers recent innovative developments
and addresses the key issues and major challenges that qualitative
migration research may face at different stages i.e. crafting the
research questions, defining approaches, developing concepts and
theoretical frameworks, mapping categories, selecting cases,
dealing with concerns of self-reflection, collecting and processing
empirical evidence through various techniques, including visual
data, dealing with ethical issues, and developing policy-research
dialogues. Each chapter discusses relative strengths and
limitations of qualitative research. The chapters also identify the
main drivers for qualitative research development in migration
studies. It is a unique volume as it brings together a
multidisciplinary perspective as well as illustrations of different
issues derived from the research experience of the recognized
authors. One additional value of this book is its geographic focus
on Europe. It seeks to explore theoretical and methodological
issues that are raised by distinctive features of the European
context. This volume will be a useful reference source for scholars
and professionals in migration studies and in social sciences as
well. The publication is also addressed to graduate and
post-graduate students and, more generally, to those who embark on
the task of doing qualitative research for the first time in the
field of migration.
How should different states reconcile ethnic, cultural and
religious diversity to forge unity? In recent years,
interculturalism has emerged as a possible alternative to
prevailing approaches of multiculturalism. But how is
interculturalism different from multiculturalism, and is one
approach better than the other? This collection brings together
leading proponents of intercultural and multicultural theory and
practice from Europe and North America to address this question.
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