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Title Reconfiguring citizenship : social exclusion and diversity within inclusive citizenship practices / edited by Lena Dominelli, Durham University, UK and Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha, University of Victoria, Canada
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2014]
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Series Contemporary social work studies
Contemporary social work studies.
Contents Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I (Re)Conceptualising Citizenship; 1 Problematising Concepts of Citizenship and Citizenship Practices; 2 Exclusionary and Inclusionary Citizenship Practices Around Faith-Based Communities; 3 Spirituality, Faith Affiliations and Indigenous People's Experiences of Citizenship; Part II Citizenship Practices in Diverse Settings; 4 Africville: The Uprooting of Citizens from their Territory in Modern Day Halifax; 5 Migration, Political Engagement and the State
6 Called to Serve: Zimbabwean Social Workers Employed in the British Welfare State7 Challenges to Human Rights and Social Justice in Denmark; Part III Marginalised Identities: Citizenship Practices in Diverse Settings; 8 Homelessness and Social Inclusion: The Case of Projekt Udenfor in Denmark; 9 My New Filipino is an Ethiopian; 10 Citizens or Denizens: The Stolen Generations in Australia; 11 Indigenous Children and State Care; 12 Citizenship of Indigenous Greenlanders in a European Nation State; 13 Culture and Identity; 14 Citizenship, Nation-State and Social Work
15 Gender, Inclusion and Citizenship16 What's Love Got to Do with It? An Analysis of 'Rights Talk' and the Social Citizenship of Welfare Recipients; 17 Developing Inclusionary Services for Disabled People in Zimbabwe; 18 Citizenship and the 'Looked-after Child': Securing Permanency -- Aspiration or Reality?; Part IV Lessons from Citizenship Discourses: Practice and Educational Curricula; 19 Personal Reflections on Supporting Exchange Students; 20 Students' Experiences of Citizenship through International Social Work Exchanges; 21 Indigenous Approaches to Citizenship
22 Identity, Inclusion and Citizenship23 Emancipatory Education; Part V Inclusionary Citizenship Practices: Lessons for the Future; 24 Critical Theories: Reflecting on Citizenship Status and Practices; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary Citizenship as a status assumes that all those encompassed by the term 'citizen' are included, albeit within the boundaries of the nation-state. Yet citizenship practices can be both inclusionary and exclusionary, with far-reaching ramifications for both nationals and non-nationals. This volume explores the concept of citizenship and its practices within particular contexts and nation-states to identify whether its claims to inclusivity are justified. This will show whether the exclusionary dimensions experienced by some citizens and non-citizens are linked to deficiencies in the concept, coun
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Citizenship.
Citizenship -- Social aspects
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Citizenship
Citizenship -- Social aspects
Staatsangehörigkeit
Nationalstaat
Soziale Rechte
Inklusion Soziologie
Ausgrenzung
Form Electronic book
Author Dominelli, Lena, editor
ISBN 9781409448990
1409448991
1306907640
9781306907644
1472403177
9781472403179