The Politics of Belonging: Migrants and Minorities in Contemporary Europe

ISBN-10: 1840141778
ISBN-13: 9781840141771
Series: The Politics of Belonging
Pages: 227
Language: English
Published: 1999
Publisher: Ashgate
Authors: Andrew Geddes, Adrian Favell

Description

Commentators on immigration, cutural diversity and ethnic conflict often speak in passing of politics of belonging. As an analytical term, close but distinct from membership, inclusion/exclusion or national identity the idea of belonging is also coloured by the fact that it often appears in the rhetoric of nationalist of xenophobic politicians: using belonging as a criteri on to restrict access to goods, rights of entitlements, to the true nationals or citizens. This volume explores the theme of politics of belonging in the study of migrant and minority politics in contemporary Europe.