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Immigrant nations

Paul Scheffer ; transl. by Liz Waters

Buch

englisch

Scheffer, Paul (Verfasser/-in) DNB
Waters, Liz (Transl.) DNB

Polity Press

Cambridge [u.a.]

2011

IX, 390 p.

978-0-7456-4962-7

Includes bibliographical references and index.

emigration
government policy
social aspects
immigration
multiculturalism

Summary:
This translation of a 2007 original Dutch publication examines the cultural and social costs of immigration, both on immigrants and hosts, and explores ways in which worldwide immigration policy and perceptions have changed in the post 9/11 world. The work covers a variety of related topics including the urbanization of immigrants, global migration patterns, the Netherlands (and European) cultural attitudes towards the "other," American immigration contexts, Islam as a common factor with multiple meanings, and end stage immigration and the acceptance of a new land. Scheffer is a professor of urban studies at the University of Amsterdam. Distributed by Wiley. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Table of Contents:
Chapter IA suitcase in the hall
Tolerance under strain
The conservatism of migrants
The in-between generation
Native unease
Integration requires self-examination
So what's new?
Chapter IIThe world in the city 000
The proximity of strangers
Segregation and inequality
Ghetto culture
Black and white schools
Dispersing without mixing
Back to the garden city
Chapter IIIThe great migration
The globe is fragile
All the colours plus grey
Classic countries of immigration
Migration and development
A morality of mobility
The citizens' revolt
Chapter IVThe Netherlands, a culture of avoidance
As others see us
Migration and nation building
Tolerance is not laisser-faire
Organizing Islam
Post-colonial lessons
Identity and openness
Chapter VEuropean contrasts
From emigration to immigration
Early opposition
Republican answers
Foreigners after genocide
Taking leave of empire
At the external borders
Chapter VIThe cosmopolitan code
The colonial trap
'Enlightened' racism
The value of cultures
Beyond multiculturalism
Prejudice weighed
World citizens in the making
Chapter VIIThe rediscovery of America
The colonists' creed
In the melting pot
Opposition to immigrants
The golden door shuts
The lingering shadow of slavery
Affirmative action
Chapter VIIIThe divided house of Islam
Islam and imperialism
In a secular environment
Conservatism and radicalization
Reformist voices
Believers in an open society
A world without an emergency exit
Chapter IXLand of arrival
Rituals of citizenship
Everything of value must defend itself
A triptych of integration
Dilemmas of equal treatment
Tomorrow's immigrants
Accepting what we have become
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes

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