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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457563903321

Titolo

International migration and the globalization of domestic politics / / edited by Rey Koslowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-51524-3

1-280-21588-7

9786610215881

0-203-48837-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Transnationalism

Classificazione

74.94

Altri autori (Persone)

KoslowskiRey

Disciplina

325/.1

Soggetti

Immigrants - Political activity

Emigration and immigration - Political aspects

World politics - 1989-

Globalization - Political aspects

Electronic books.

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

Introduction / Rey Koslowski -- International migration and the globalization of domestic politics : a conceptual framework / Rey Koslowski -- Immigrant organizations and the globalization of Turkey's domestic politics / Nedim Ögelman -- Mobilizing ethnic conflict : Kurdish separatism in Germany and the PKK / Alynna J. Lyon and Emek M. Uçarer -- Israelis in a Jewish diaspora : the dilemmas of a globalized group / Gallya Lahav and Asher Arian -- Migrant membership as an instituted process : transnationalization, the state and the extra-territorial conduct of Mexican politics / Robert C. Smith -- Politics from outside : Chinese overseas and political and economic change in China / Amy L. Freedman -- Opposing constructions and agendas : the politics of Hindu and Indian American organizations / Prema Kurien -- A marooned diaspora : ethnic Russians in the near abroad and their impact on Russia's foreign policy and domestic politics / Robert A. Saunders.

Sommario/riassunto

Increasing international migration, the information revolution and



democratization have propelled a globalization of the domestic politics of many states and, although diasporic politics is not new, emigrant political participation in homeland politics has grown as well as adapted to the new methods of the information revolution. This book examines the participation of emigrants in their home country politics. It considers the consequences of such participation for domestic and foreign policies in both host and home country, and explores the theoretical implications for democracy, nationalism,

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830895903321

Autore

Tatum W. Jeffrey

Titolo

Always I am Caesar [[electronic resource] /] / W. Jeffrey Tatum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-282-34209-6

9786612342097

0-470-69663-X

0-470-69588-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

937

937/.05092

Soggetti

Heads of state - Rome

Generals - Rome

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

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

Caesar the politician : power and the people in republican Rome -- Conquests and glories, triumphs and spoils : Caesar and the ideology of Roman imperialism -- Pontifex Maximus : Caesar and the manipulation of civic religion -- The stones of Rome : Caesar and the sociology of Roman public building -- My true and honourable wife : Cornelia and Pompeia, Calpurnia and Cleopatra -- Great men and impersonal groundswells : the civil war -- Great Caesar fell : philosophy, politics, and assassination -- The evil that men do : Caesar



and Augustus.

Sommario/riassunto

By examining his military and political career, home life and relationships with women, Always I Am Caesar provides a vivid portrait of Caesar's life and the times of ancient Rome during its transition from republic to empire.Provides a richer portrait of Caesar's life by viewing him from multiple perspective and relating him to broader Roman societyExplores aspects of Caesar's career in cultural and social termsEngaging and witty style will appeal to general readers