The Politics of Multiculturalism : Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain / / by B. Pitcher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965963003321
• Autore: Pitcher B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
• ISBN: 9786612507496; 9781282507494; 1282507494; 9780230236820; 0230236820
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800941
• Soggetti: Race; Europe - Politics and government; Human rights; Political sociology; Social policy; Political science; Race and Ethnicity Studies; European Politics; Human Rights; Political Sociology; Social Policy; Political Science
• 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: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Politics of Multiculturalism; 1 Understanding the Politics of Multiculturalism; 2 Black in the Union Jack: The Britishness Project; 3 Multiculturalism, Community and 'the White Working Class'; 4 Multicultural Conflicts: The 'Feminist' State; 5 On the Islamic Question: Multicultural Nationalism and the War on Terror; Conclusion: Multiculturalism beyond 'the Death ; of Multiculturalism'; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking as a case study the racial politics of the British state under New Labour, this book advances an idea of multiculturalism as the only conceptual framework that is capable of making sense of the contradictions of contemporary race practice, where racism is simultaneously rejected and reproduced.

Cross-border law enforcement : regional law enforcement cooperation--European, Australian and Asia Pacific perspectives / / edited by Saskia Hufnagel, Clive Harfield and Simon Bronitt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969038703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-69727-6; 1-280-66043-0; 9786613637369; 0-203-81305-7; 1-136-69728-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Collana: Routledge research in transnational crime and criminal law
• Altri autori (Persone): HufnagelSaskia; HarfieldClive; BronittSimon
• Disciplina: 363.2/3
• Soggetti: Law enforcement - International cooperation; Law enforcement - Australia; Law enforcement - Europe; Law enforcement - Pacific Area; Transnational crime; Pacific Area Economic conditions
• 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: Front Cover; Cross-Border Law Enforcement; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables & Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; ; Introduction; 1. The globalisation of police and judicial cooperation: drivers, substance and organisational arrangements, political complications: Cyrille Fijnaut; Part 1: European perspectives; 2. The European Court of Justice case law strengthens the EU penal area: Vanessa Ricci; 3. Nordic police cooperation: Maren Eline Kleiven; 4. European police cooperation: the example of the German-French Centre for Police and Customs Cooperation Kehl (GZ Kehl): Oliver Felsen; 5. EU joint investigation teams: political ambitions and police practices: Ludo Block6. Glocal policing: Frans Heeres; Part 2: Australian and Asia-Pacific perspectives; 7. Mutual assistance in criminal matters: cyberworld realities: Shannon Cuthbertson; 8. Reflections on the effectiveness of extradition in the ASEAN region: Ciara Spencer; 9. Policing indigenous people in the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands: Jenny Fleming; 10. (In)security crossing borders: a comparison of police cooperation within Australia and the European Union: Saskia Hufnagel; Part 3: Thematic perspectives on cooperation11. The cross-border transfer of dangerous persons, the risk of torture and diplomatic assurances: Christopher Michaelsen; 12. Managing human rights and covert methods in transnational criminal investigations: Clive Harfield; 13. The road from S and Marper to the Prüm Treaty and the implications on human rights: Katina Michael; 14. Australian military justice: jurisdiction under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 (Cwlth): Ian Henderson and Giovanni (John) Palumbo; 15. Conclusion: Shifting paradigms: jurisdiction and criminal justice cooperation in the shadow of law: Simon BronittIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This innovative volume explores issues of law enforcement cooperation across borders from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. In doing so it adopts a comparative framework hitherto unexplored; namely the EU and the Australsian/Asia-Pacific region whose relative geopolitical remoteness from each other decreases with every incremental increase in globalisation. The borders under examination include both macro-level cooperation between nation-states, as well as micro-level cooperation between different Executive agencies within a nation-state. In terms of disciplinary borders the contribut