Nationhood, migration and global politics : an introduction /
Taras, Ray, 1946-
Nationhood, migration and global politics : an introduction / Raymond Taras. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; 1. Reinventing nationhood; From nation to nationhood; A non-Western critique of concepts; Eurocentric bias; The cornered state; Nation branding; Which immigrants?; Which refugees?; Who gets what, when, how; Typologies of the nation; Kulturnation and nationhood; Minorities into majorities; Nationhood summarised; 2. Prejudices and partialities; Confronting bias; The secular clash with religiosity; Attributing racism; Religious intolerance; Language prejudice; Comparing biases; 3. Who belongs; Migration rising. Belonging: elusive or illusionary? First Nations; Nativism and nationhood; Not belonging; Propositions; 4. 'Imperial' Russia; Federalism and ethnicity; The imperial idea; Eurasianism to the rescue; Multinational or multicultural?; Nationhood in flux; Migration in Russia; Russification without nationhood; 5. Multiculturalising Britain; A devolved unitary monarchy; Hyper-diversity and Brexit; Britishness explained; God's treasured first-born; Nationhood exemplified: Race Equality Acts; Attitudes towards minorities; British Muslims; After Brexit; 6. Immigrant America; How new a way to nationhood. A national dialectManifest destiny and exceptionalism; Elitism and exclusion; Immigrant Americans; Immigration writ large and small; Identities and divisions; Race and anxiety; Has America lost its mind?; 7. Multinational India; Majority and majority; The British Raj and Indian nationalism; Mutiny and nation; Towards partition; Famine; Hindu nationalism triumphant; Flawed nationhood; Climate refugees; BJP rising; 8. Multiracial South Africa; Troubled legacy; The violence of colonialism; Identity obsession; Elections and nationhood; Zulu as historic nation; Xenophobia without racism. Not belonging -- againOf kings and presidents; 9. Peru -- IndÃgenas, Mestizos, Criollos; Migration and social class; Indigeneity; Casta representations; March to the cities; Integrating into urban culture; Extranjeros; Untying the Gordian Knot; Select bibliography; Index.
Uses philosophical thinking on delayed cinema, time and ethics to provide a new approach to reading film.
9781474413435
019060997 Uk
Nationalism.
Nation-state.
Emigration and immigration.
Globalization.
National characteristics.
Electronic Books.
JC311 / .N385 2018
Nationhood, migration and global politics : an introduction / Raymond Taras. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; 1. Reinventing nationhood; From nation to nationhood; A non-Western critique of concepts; Eurocentric bias; The cornered state; Nation branding; Which immigrants?; Which refugees?; Who gets what, when, how; Typologies of the nation; Kulturnation and nationhood; Minorities into majorities; Nationhood summarised; 2. Prejudices and partialities; Confronting bias; The secular clash with religiosity; Attributing racism; Religious intolerance; Language prejudice; Comparing biases; 3. Who belongs; Migration rising. Belonging: elusive or illusionary? First Nations; Nativism and nationhood; Not belonging; Propositions; 4. 'Imperial' Russia; Federalism and ethnicity; The imperial idea; Eurasianism to the rescue; Multinational or multicultural?; Nationhood in flux; Migration in Russia; Russification without nationhood; 5. Multiculturalising Britain; A devolved unitary monarchy; Hyper-diversity and Brexit; Britishness explained; God's treasured first-born; Nationhood exemplified: Race Equality Acts; Attitudes towards minorities; British Muslims; After Brexit; 6. Immigrant America; How new a way to nationhood. A national dialectManifest destiny and exceptionalism; Elitism and exclusion; Immigrant Americans; Immigration writ large and small; Identities and divisions; Race and anxiety; Has America lost its mind?; 7. Multinational India; Majority and majority; The British Raj and Indian nationalism; Mutiny and nation; Towards partition; Famine; Hindu nationalism triumphant; Flawed nationhood; Climate refugees; BJP rising; 8. Multiracial South Africa; Troubled legacy; The violence of colonialism; Identity obsession; Elections and nationhood; Zulu as historic nation; Xenophobia without racism. Not belonging -- againOf kings and presidents; 9. Peru -- IndÃgenas, Mestizos, Criollos; Migration and social class; Indigeneity; Casta representations; March to the cities; Integrating into urban culture; Extranjeros; Untying the Gordian Knot; Select bibliography; Index.
Uses philosophical thinking on delayed cinema, time and ethics to provide a new approach to reading film.
9781474413435
019060997 Uk
Nationalism.
Nation-state.
Emigration and immigration.
Globalization.
National characteristics.
Electronic Books.
JC311 / .N385 2018