Citizenship in Transition

New Perspectives on Transnational Migration from the Middle East to Europe
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4438-4986-9
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten

The revolutions of the Arab Spring have challenged the notion of what citizens in the countries affected expect from their governments, and also potentially created a new wave of migration, once again showing how the local and the global are connected in the identity of citizens and notions of citizenship. At the same time, this turmoil has called into question dominant modes of thinking about the Middle East and affected European government policy on immigration. Two broader developments – the change in the internal composition of liberal democracies, and the challenges imposed by globalization on the state – have led to the concept of citizenship being rethought, particularly in a transnational sense.

By bringing together new perspectives, this timely and thought-provoking book deconstructs the processes that are shaping and reshaping issues of migration and integration in Europe, and illuminates emerging patterns in key issues such as citizenship and cultural identity, education, and second generation networks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Profanter, Annemarie

Owtram, Francis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Annemarie Profanter is an Associate Professor in Intercultural Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy. Since 2004, she has resided periodically in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula whilst completing fieldwork and visiting fellowships in Pakistan, Oman and Saudi Arabia. She is working on projects addressing Arab women’s experiences in the Gulf, and has published a documentary on polygyny in collaboration with the Omani Ministry. Her current research includes Islamic integration and migration issues in Europe.

Francis Owtram holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and is the author of A Modern History of Oman: Formation of the State since 1920 (IB Tauris, 2004). His research interests include the international relations and ethno-politics of the Middle East. He has taught and researched at the University of Kurdistan Hawler, Iraq, and is currently an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, and a Gulf History Specialist at the British Library.