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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463878303321

Autore

Ghadar Fariborz

Titolo

Becoming American : why immigration is good for our nation's future / / Fariborz Ghadar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-2895-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Immigrants - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

United States Emigration and immigration Economic aspects

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Beyond the Numbers; Chapter 2. Debunking the Myths; Chapter 3. How Did I Get Here?; Chapter 4. What It Takes to Uproot Yourself; Chapter 5. How Did She Get Here: Margaret Ghadar; Chapter 6. Why Do They Come?; Chapter 7. How Did He Get Here: Zbigniew Brzezinski; Chapter 8. Hard Work Makes for a Successful Career; Chapter 9. How Did He Get Here: Salomon Garay; Chapter 10. Paying It Forward to the U.S. Economy; Chapter 11. How Did He Get Here: Yoon-shik Park; Chapter 12. The Bimodal Nature of Immigrants; Chapter 13. The Lure of Clusters

Chapter 14. A Day in the LifeChapter 15. Prejudice Exists, But So What?; Chapter 16. Sticking to Your Own May Work, But It's Not Easy; Chapter 17. Assimilation Is Critical; Chapter 18. Next Generation, and the Next, and the Next; Chapter 19. How Did She Get Here: Otessa Ghadar; Chapter 20. Old Country Is Old; Chapter 21. How Did He Get Here: Michel Amsalem; Chapter 22. Can You Go Home Again?; Chapter 23. Lessons for the Next Generation; Chapter 24. Blueprints for Policymakers; Chapter 25. Would I Do It Again?; References; Index; About the Author



Sommario/riassunto

For policy makers, business leaders, and American citizens, immigration reform is one of the defining issues of this era. In turns both personal and analytical, remaining factual and well-argued throughout, Fariborz Ghadar's Becoming American makes the case for common sense immigration policies and practices that will not only help strengthen America's fledgling economy and role as world leader, but will also help millions of prospective immigrants and their families start making more out of their lives today, and for generatio

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910265137303321

Autore

Koch Marcus <p>Marcus Koch, Hamburg, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

Das utopische Europa : Die Verträge der politischen Integration Europas und ihre utopischen Elemente / Marcus Koch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015

ISBN

9783839429587

3839429587

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Edition Politik

Classificazione

MD 6400

Disciplina

337.142

Soggetti

Utopie

Utopia

Utopische Idee

Utopian Imagination

European Idea

Europäische Idee

Europäische Integration

European Integration

Europäische Union

European Union

Europa

Europe

Politik

Politics

Europäische Politik

European Politics

Politische Theorie

Political Theory

Political Science

Politikwissenschaft



Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

What is the role of utopia in the process of European integration? What does the term »Utopian Europe« mean in times of economic and financial crises in the EU? By analyzing its fundamental legal texts, Marcus Koch points out the position of utopian ideas in European unification, and how they have changed through the course of history. Once more, this study shows that utopian ideas are a driving force of political processes, and contributes to the discourse about the attractiveness and sensibility of the now heavily scolded European Union.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1 Inhalt    5 Einleitung    9 I. Die Utopie    25 II. Die Analyse    69 III. Resümee    117 IV. Ausblick    137 Nachwort    149 Literatur    151     160

Sommario/riassunto

Welche Rolle spielt(e) das Utopische im Prozess der Europäischen Integration? Was bedeutet die Formulierung vom »utopischen Europa« in Zeiten der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise in der EU?Anhand der Analyse juristischer Grundlagentexte zeigt Marcus Koch, welche Position utopische Vorstellungen in der europäischen Einigung einnahmen und wie sie sich in der historischen Entwicklung verändert haben.Die Studie verdeutlicht einmal mehr, dass utopische Vorstellungen eine Triebfeder politischer Prozesse sind, und trägt zum Diskurs um die Attraktivität und Sinnhaftigkeit der derzeit viel gescholtenen Europäischen Union bei.

Besprochen in:Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 17.09.2015, Wilhelm Knelangen

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