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Xinjiang Year Zero
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Since 2017, the Chinese authorities have detained hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in'reeducation camps'in China's northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region. While the official reason for this mass detention was to pr...
The Fringes of Citizenship : Romani Minorities in Europe and Civic Marginalisation
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book presents a socio-legal enquiry into the civic marginalisation of Roma in Europe. Instead of looking only at Roma's position as migrants, ...
European Roma : Lives Beyond Stereotypes
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Abstract: An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. This book, designed as a resource for scholars, educators, activists and non-specialist readers, presents the results of new research on t...
Collateral Damage : The Influence of Political Rhetoric on the Incorporation of Second-Generation Americans
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Collateral Damage provides an overview of how political communication influences the process of incorporation with the broad society as well as its political parties. Sean Richey shows that how politicians talk about immigrants affects how their childr...
Die Darstellung Subsahara-Afrikas im deutschen Schulbuch : Gesellschaftslehre, Erdkunde, Geschichte und Politik der Sekundarstufe I (Gesamtschule) in Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Abstract: Schulbücher haben innerhalb der Schule eine große Bedeutung für die Gestaltung des Unterrichts. Das Thema Subsahara-Afrika spielt sowohl in der hiesigen Gesellschaft als auch in Schulbüchern eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Diese Erfahrung machte der au...
A Task for Sisyphus : Why Europe’s Roma Policies Fail
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Abstract: Despite an increasing number of EU and government initiatives in their favor, the situation of Roma in Europe has only worsened. This book explores the many miscalculations, misconceptions, and blunders that have led to this failure. Looking at Hungary...
- Romanies--Government policy--European Union countries--Case studies
- Romanies--Czech Republic
- Romanies--European Union countries--Ethnic identity--Case studies
- Romanies--Cultural assimilation--European Union countries--Case studies
- Romanies--Hungary
- Romanies--European Union countries--Politics and government--21st century
- Romanies--Romania
A Contemporary History of Exclusion : The Roma Issue in Hungary From 1945 to 2015
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: The volume presents the changing situation of the Roma in the second half of the 20th century and examines the politics of the Hungarian state regarding minorities by analyzing legal regulations, policy documents, archival sources and sociological surv...
Romani Liberation : A Northern Perspective on Emancipatory Struggles and Progress
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Abstract: Centered on the trajectory of the emancipation of Roma people in Scandinavia, Romani Liberation is a powerful challenge to the stereotype describing Romani as passive and incapable of responsibility and agency. The author also criticizes benevolent but...
Power and Dysfunction : The New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines 1883–1940
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: In 1883, the New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines was tasked with assisting and supporting an Aboriginal population that had been devastated by a brutal dispossession. It began its tenure with little government direction – its initial...
Indigenous Australian Youth Futures : Living the Social Determinants of Health
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Abstract: Adolescents are at a critical life stage where they will soon be able to contribute to the wellbeing of humankind, or do it great harm. Consequently, it is vital that the challenges and possibilities of adolescence be well understood and addressed. In ...