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Pakistan in National and Regional Change

State and Society in Flux

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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016

Pakistan is one of the most important states in the international system and a key concern of western security. This collection identifies a set of national and regional/international trends which will be critical in determining the medium to long-term stability and cohesion of Pakistan, yet which...
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Japanese Diasporas

Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents and Uncertain Futures

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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006

Japanese Diasporas examines the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on the political, social and economic struggles of Nikkei. Frequently abandoned by their homeland, and experiencing alienation in their host nations, the diaspora...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014

Bridging the multiple histories and present-day iterations of U.S. settler colonialism in North America and its overseas imperialism in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the essays in this groundbreaking volume underscore the United States as a fluctuating constellation of geopolitical entities marked...
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by Lyn Parker, Pam Nilan
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth century they were significant agents of social protest leading to social and political transformation. This book looks at the importance of adolescents in...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009

This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions are ascribed public recognition and political significance. Through detailed ethnographic and historical case studies, it analyses the social, economic, and...
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Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families

Culturally Responsive Practice

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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016

Designed for students of social work, public policy, ethnic studies, community development, and migration studies, Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families provides the best knowledge for culturally responsive practice with immigrant children, adolescents, and families. This textbook summarizes...
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Citizenship in European Cities

Immigrants, Local Politics and Integration Policies

by Karen Kraal, Steven Vertovec
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

There are relatively few books that provide comparative analysis of European cities in relation to immigrants and political participation. This fresh and insightful volume, from the same team that published Multicultural Policies and Modes of Citizenship in European Cities in 2001, analyzes how the...
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Korean American Women

Stories of Acculturation and Changing Selves

by Jenny Pak
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013

Current models of acculturation in multicultural counseling literature are severely limited in describing how individuals deal with the complexity of culture change. The reasons for immigration, the historical period during which the immigration occurred, educational and socioeconomic levels, ethnic...
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Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco

Readings in Louisiana Culture

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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003

The detectable identity of southern Louisiana's one-of-a-kind culture has been expressed in numerous descriptive phrases--"south of the South," "the northern tip of the Caribbean," "this folklore land." A strange, piquant, and savory mixture, it also has been likened to one of the region's signature...
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Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora

Everyday Anti-racism in Australia

by Kristine Aquino
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017

Filipino migrants constitute one of the largest global diasporas today. In Australia, Filipino settlement is markedly framed by the country’s on-going nation-building project that continues to racialise immigrants and delineate the possibilities and limits of belonging to the national community. This...
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Mexican American Children and Families

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014

Offering new insight on Mexican American culture and families, this book provides an interdisciplinary examination of this growing population. Contributors from psychology, education, health, and social science review recent quantitative and qualitative literature on Mexican Americans. Using current...
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Queer, Latinx, and Bilingual

Narrative Resources in the Negotiation of Identities

by Holly Cashman
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017

Shortlisted for the 2018 BAAL Book Prize This book is a sociolinguistic ethnography of LGBT Mexicans/Latinxs in Phoenix, Arizona, a major metropolitan area in the U.S. Southwest. The main focus of the book is to examine participants’ conceptions of their ethnic and sexual identities and how...
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21st Century Urban Race Politics

Representing Minorities as Universal Interests

by Donald Cunnigen, Marino A. Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

21st Century Urban Race Politics begins by offering a twenty-first-century understanding of minority representation in historically majority-Caucasian cities and draws on case studies in cities throughout the United States. The aim of this volume is to take stock of what we know about the advantages...
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Diasporas and Transnationalisms

The Journey of the Komagata Maru

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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018

The Komagata Maru incident has become central to ongoing debates on Canadian racism, immigration, multiculturalism, citizenship and Indian nationalist resistance. The chapters presented in this book, written by established and emerging historians and scholars in literary, cultural, religious, immigration...
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