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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777878503321

Titolo

Contested citizenship : immigration and cultural diversity in Europe / / Ruud Koopmans [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-8166-9774-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Social movements, protest, and contention ; ; v. 25

Altri autori (Persone)

KoopmansRuud

Disciplina

325.4

Soggetti

Citizenship - Europe

Multiculturalism - Europe

Europe Emigration and immigration

Europe Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the contentious politics of immigration and ethnic relations -- Configurations of citizenship in five European countries -- Beyond the nation-state?: national and postnational claims making -- Migrants between transnationalism and national citizenship -- Minority group demands and the challenge of Islam -- The extreme right: ethnic competition or political space? -- Interest or identity?: pro-migrant and antiracist actors -- Contested citizenship: conclusions and future directions -- Appendix: the coding of political claims making.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting an unprecedented wealth of empirical research, Contested Citizenship compares collective actions by migrants, xenophobes, and antiracists in Germany, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Revealing striking cross-national differences in how immigration and diversity are contended by different national governments, these authors find that how citizenship is constructed is the key variable defining the experience of Europe's immigrant populations.