Social Science : Citizenship

Comparative and systematic analyses of nationality laws and their implementation in 15 member states of the EU, executed by the renowned IMISCOE network more...

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This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. This study of citizenship is truly interdisciplinary, drawing not only on new developments in politics, sociology, geography and anthropology, but also on psychoanalysis, philosophy and history. more...

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This book examines the causes of women's unprecedented success in African politics after the 1990s. more...

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Audience–Citizens: The Media, Public Knowledge and Interpretive Practice. explores the relationship between media and democracy from the perspective of. the audience and proposes a unique conceptual framework for the analysis of audiences,. consumption patterns and citizenship. Drawing on original research on the interpretation. of documentaries by audiences in India and Britain, this book examines how sociological. and cultural factors affect the interpretation of mediated knowledge. It develops. a fresh approach to the relational dynamics of media and politics in contemporary. India and by extension elsewhere in the developing world. This refreshing combination of conceptual novelty and analytical rigour will. hold great value for academics, research scholars and students of media and. communication studies, politics, cultural studies, and sociology, as well as. professionals involved with journalism, news and documentary filmmaking. more...

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With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990s and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of international charity, but as the end of the Cold War triggers new refugee movements across the globe, governments are being forced to develop a more systematic approach to the refugee problem. Beyond Charity provides the first extensive overview of the world refugee crisis today, asserting that refugees raise not only humanitarian concerns but also issues of international peace and security. Gil Loescher argues persuasively that a central challenge in the post Cold-War era is to develop a comprehensive refugee policy that preserves the right of asylum while promoting greater political and diplomatic efforts to address the causes of flight. He presents the contemporary crisis in a historical framework and explores the changing role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Loescher suggests short-term and long-term reforms that address both the current refugee crisis and its underlying causes. The book also details the ways governmental structures and international organizations could be strengthened to assume more effective assistance, protection, and political mediation functions. Beyond Charity helps frame the debate on the global refugee crisis and offers directions for more effective approaches to refugee problems at present and in the future. more...

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