MINELRES: Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter #25:
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Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter of the
Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 25, June 2002
1. Contents
2. Introduction
3. Upcoming Conferences
4. Recent Publications
5. Call for Papers
5. Internet Resources
6. Related Research Programs
1. INTRODUCTION
The Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy at Queen's University is
organizing a multi-year, research project on citizenship, democracy
and minority rights in multiethnic states, under the direction of
Prof. Will Kymlicka. As part of this project, the Forum distributes a
quarterly newsletter updating recent developments in the field, of
which this is the twenty-fifth issue. We hope that it will be of
interest to anyone working in the field, whether in academia, public
service, or various non-governmental organizations.
If you know anyone who would like to be added to the mailing list for
this newsletter, or if you would like copies of the back-issues,
please contact us at [email protected]. Back-issues of the
newsletter are posted on the Web on Will Kymlicka's home page:
http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~philform/news.html
2. UPCOMING CONFERENCES
A conference on "Challenging Ethno-National Citizenship:
Multiculturalism and Immigration Regimes in Germany and Israel" will
be held from July 1-3, 2002, at Schloss Elmau, near Munich. A group of
international scholars will discuss a broad series of themes
pertaining to majority-minority relations in Germany and Israel. For
information on the conference, contact
Daniel Levy, Department of Sociology,
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY, 11794-4356;
phone: 631-632-4721;
fax: 631-632-8203;
email: [email protected]
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The 3rd Global Conference in the "Diversity within Unity" project will
be held on August 12-16, 2002, at the Anglo-American College in
Prague, Czech Republic on the theme "Cultures of Violence". This
conference, sponsored by "interdisciplinary.net", will seek to shed
light on the prevailing extent of violence in contemporary political
life. For further details, access the conference website at:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/du3cv1.htm
or send email inquiries to:
Dr. Rob Fisher, email: [email protected]
A conference will take place from September 26-27, 2002, in Palma de
Malorca, Spain. "Belears 2015: Immigration Challenges for the
Twenty-First Century" will deal with the different challenges posed by
immigration in the 21st century, and explore both the cultural and
political contexts of these challenges. For details, contact:
Be�ona Arretxe Irigoyen;
tel: (34) 93 319 47 50;
fax: (34) 93 319 58 13;
email: [email protected]
The Institute for European Studies, affiliated with McGill University
and the University of Montreal, will hold its annual colloquium from
September 27-28, 2002 on "Unity and Diversity: European and Canadian
Debates". This conference will be a venue for international experts on
European Union and Canadian politics to discuss the challenges of
managing diversity and fostering unity and citizenship. The languages
of the colloquium are English and French, and translations will be
provided for all presentations. For details, contact Isabelle Petit,
Institute for European Studies, University of Montreal;
email: [email protected];
tel: (514) 343-7009
In co-operation with the Norwegian Power and Democracy Project, the
Centre for Sami Studies at the University of Tromso will hold an
international conference on "Indigenous Politics: Aspects of Power and
Democracy" on October 3-5, 2002 at the University of Tromso. The focus
will be on the development of a Saami public and Saami political
system, as well as the broader international processes in which
indigenous peoples are given new possibilities to develop their own
institutions. For further information, contact Else Grete Broderstad,
N-9037 Tromso,
+47 77 64 55 35;
email: [email protected]
A conference webpage can be viewed at:
http://www.uit.no/ssweb/sdg/prosjekt/makt/makt_eng.html
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A conference called "From Peace Agreement to Democratic Governance:
Post-conflict Institutions in Ethnically Divided Societies" will take
place at the University of Western Ontario, from November 8-10, 2002.
For more information, contact Sid Noel, Co-Director, Nationalism and
Ethnic Conflict Research Group, University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, Canada;
email: [email protected]
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The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) at the University
of Warwick is organizing an international conference on "Citizenship
and Discrimination in Europe" in Coventry, UK on December 5-8, 2002.
Keynote speakers include Etienne Balibar, Rainer Baubock, Stephen
Castles and Jean Lambert. For more information, check the CRER website
at:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CRER/
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3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(all prices in U.S. dollars)
M. Albert, D. Jacobsen & Y. Lapid (eds), Identities, Borders, Orders:
Rethinking International Relations Theory (Minnesota UP, 2001) $63.95
Nadje Al-Ali & Khalid Koser (eds), New Approaches to Migration?
Transnational Communities and the Transformation of Home (Routledge,
2001) $90.00
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Peter R Baehr, Human Rights: Universality in Practice (Palgrave, 2001)
$21.95
Florian Bieber & Dzemai Sokolovic (eds), Reconstructing Multiethnic
Societies: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Ashgate, 2001) $69.95
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Helena Catt & Michael Murphy (eds), Sub-State Nationalism: A
Comparative Analysis of Institutional Design (Routledge, 2002) $90.00
Simone Chambers & Will Kymlicka (eds), Alternative Conceptions of
Civil Society (Princeton UP, 2002) $17.95
Daniel Chirot and Martin Seligman (eds), Ethnopolitical Warfare:
Causes, Consequences, and Possible Solutions (American Psychological
Association, 2001) $49.95
Joan Cocks, Passion and Paradox: Intellectuals Confront the National
Question (Princeton UP, 2002) $16.95
Jean-Mare Coicaud & Veijo Heiskanen (eds), The Legitimacy of
International Organizations (United Nations University Press, 2001)
$39.95
Alain Dieckhoff & Natividad Gutierrez (eds), Modern Roots: Studies of
National Identity (Ashgate, 2001) $79.95
Tim Edensor, National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life
(Berg 2002) $22.50
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Carol Gould and Pasquale Pasquino (eds), Cultural Identity and the
Nation State (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001) $22.95
Hugh David Graham, Collision Course: The Strange Convergence of
Affirmative Action and Immigration Policy in America (Oxford UP, 2002)
$30.00
Molly Greene, Minorities in the Ottoman Empire: A Reconsideration
(Markus Wiener, 2002) $16.95
Ralph Grillo & Jeff Pratt (eds), The Politics of Recognizing
Difference: Multiculturalism Italian-style (Ashgate, 2002) $74.95
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Kristen Henrard, Minority Protection in Post-Apartheid South Africa:
Human Rights, Minority Rights and Self-Determination (Praeger, 2002)
$64.95
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Larry Eugene Jones, Crossing Boundaries: The Exclusion and Inclusion
of Minorities in Germany and the United States (Berghahn, 2001) $25.00
Paul Kennedy & Victor Roudometof (eds), Communities across Borders:
New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures (Routledge, 2002) $90.00
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Christopher Lord & Olga Strietska-Ilini (eds), Parallel Cultures:
Majority/minority Relations in the Countries of the Former Soviet Bloc
(Ashgate, 2001) $79.95
Reneo Lukic & Michael Brint (eds), Culture, Politics and Nationalism
in the Age of Globalization (Ashgate, 2001) $64.95
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John Mukum Mbaku, Pita Ogaba Agbese & Mwangi S. Kimenyi (eds),
Ethnicity and Governance in the Third World (Ashgate, 2001) $84.95
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Richard A Shweder, Martha Minow & Hazel Rose Markus, Engaging Cultural
Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies
(Russell Sage Foundation, 2002) $49.95
Lukas Sosoe (ed), Diversite Humaine: Democratie, Multiculturalisme et
Citoyennete (L'Harmattan, 2002)
E. Ike Udogu (ed), The Issue of Political Ethnicity in Africa
(Ashgate, 2001) $69.95
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Aristide Zolberg & Peter Benda (eds), Global Migrants, Global
Refugees:
Problems and Solutions (Berghahn Books, 2001) $69.95
Journal Special Issues
The International Development Studies Bulletin (IDS Bulletin) has
published a special issue called "Making Rights Real: Explaining
Citizenship, Participation and Accountability" (Vol. 33/2; April
2002). Papers cover such topics as citizen participation,
accountability, deliberative fora and the right to education. Various
regions are covered, including Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
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New Journals
The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations and the Canadian Network
of Federalism Studies at Queen's University have established a new
graduate student journal, which has recently issued its inaugural call
for papers. "Federal Governance: a Journal of Theory and Politics" is
a web-based journal publishing recent work by graduate students and
post-graduates on federalism, multi-level governance and the numerous
topics associated with these themes. To view the recent call for
papers, visit the Federal Governance website at:
http://cnfs.queensu.ca/federalgovernance/
Submisions and inquiries can be sent by email to:
[email protected], or by regular mail to; Federal
Governance, C/O Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Room 301,
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada, K7L 3N6;
tel: (613) 533-2080;
fax: (613) 533-6868
The Journal of Human Rights is a new interdisciplinary arena for
public debates about human rights. The journal "provides the
opportunity for the critical analysis of the human rights community
and of the different visions of human rights and different strategies
within that community." The first issue of JHR was published in March
2002. To obtain an electronic sample copy of Journal of Human Rights,
visit the Taylor & Francis website:
www.tandf.co.uk/journals
In Fall 2002 a new journal called "In Focus: the Online Journal of
Comparative, International and Intercultural Education" will publish
its first issue. The journal's objective is to provide a venue for
graduate students working on issues of intercultural and comparative
education. The In Focus website can be viewed at the following
address:
http://www.escotet.org/infocus
Other Publications
The Mercator Working Paper Series now contains 8 new essays concerned
with "linguistic rights and legislation". Mercator's mission is to
make available research and new data on Europe's minority languages
and language communities. In these working papers, authors examine
language rights in a number of European jurisdictions. To view these
working papers, go to:
http://www.troc.es/ciemen/mercator/work-pape-gb.htm
4. CALL FOR PAPERS
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism and the
journal "Nations and Nationalism" have established a Prize to
encourage currently enrolled doctoral students to publish research in
the fields of nationalism and identity. The prize will be awarded for
the best article submitted to Nations and Nationalism, and it will
include a sum of �250. The deadline for submissions is September 30,
2002. Send submissions and enquires to the Managing Editor, Nations
and Nationalism, European Institute, LSE, Houghton St, London, WC2A
2AE;
email: [email protected]
Ayaangwaamizin: The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy has
announced a thematic issue called "Justice from an Indigenous
Perspective". Authors should consult with the guest editor about
topics and possible submission formats. Essays should be received by
September 1, 2002. For this thematic issue only, submissions can be
sent to guest editor Steve Russell, at:
302 Sycamore Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 47405;
email: [email protected]
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5. INTERNET RESOURCES
The electronic Minority Rights Information System (MIRIS) is now
available on the internet. MIRIS aims to promote the development of
minority rights standards by providing researchers, public officials,
NGOs and minority representatives with access to legal documents and
information on minority rights regimes around the world. The site is
administered by the Legal Database on Minorities at the European
Academy of Bozen/Bolzano. To access the MIRIS site, go to:
http://www.eurac.edu/miris
The Global Review of Ethnopolitics is looking for website reviewers to
help collect research tools on ethnopolitics for their new database of
internet resources. Anyone able to help with reviews or assist in
suggesting useful websites should contact the reviews editor, Chris
Gilligan, at email:
[email protected]
For background information on the Global Review of Ethnopolitics,
access the following website
http://www.ethnopolitics.org/
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has launched a useful internet
resource for researchers working on migration and refugee issues. The
tool is called the "Migration Information Source", or "The Source". In
this project the MPI hopes to provide a timely and wide-ranging source
for current migration and immigration data. The site is intended to be
useful for policy makers, journalists, and researchers. The site is
posted at:
http://www.migrationinformation.org
6. RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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A new MSc program on "Comparative Studies of Migration, Ethnic
Relations and Multiculturalism", which is one of the international
Master's courses offered by Utrecht University, will begin in
September 2002. This masters program offers a unique opportunity to
investigate these issues under the supervision of leading experts from
ERCOMER. The WWW page for this new program provides all the relevant
details, including information about application deadlines. To read
about the details, go to:
http://www.ercomer.org/training/index.html
The European Academy in Bolzono (Italy), in cooperation with a network
of European universities, is offering a new MA program on "European
Integration and Regionalism". Modules include European integration,
EU law, regionalism and federalism, regional and social cohesion, and
minorities and cultural diversity. For more information, contact
Marko Kallonen at [email protected]; or check the website at
http://www.eurac.edu/meir
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