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Skilled Migration In Global Cities From ‘Other’ Perspectives: British Arabs, Identity Politics, And Local Embeddedness, Caroline Nagel
Skilled Migration In Global Cities From ‘Other’ Perspectives: British Arabs, Identity Politics, And Local Embeddedness, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
Migration scholars increasingly have turned their attention to skilled migration, focusing, in particular, on the transfer of professionals within and between transnational corporations. Recent efforts have been made to bring a ‘cultural' analysis to this phenomenon, including greater scrutiny of the corporate cultures and social networks in which skilled migrants are embedded. This research has emphasised the importance of locality even among these most footloose and transnational of migrants. But despite these complex views of skilled migration, analyses have generated a somewhat limited conception of ‘skilled migrants' as managerial elites disengaged from local life. This paper examines skilled migration from …
Nations Unbound? Migration, Culture, And The Limits Of The Transnationalism-Diaspora Narrative, Caroline Nagel
Nations Unbound? Migration, Culture, And The Limits Of The Transnationalism-Diaspora Narrative, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Citizenship, Identity, And Transnational Migration: Arab Immigrants To The Us, Caroline R. Nagel, Lynn A. Staeheli
Citizenship, Identity, And Transnational Migration: Arab Immigrants To The Us, Caroline R. Nagel, Lynn A. Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the changing relationships between identities, citizenship and the state in the context of globalisation. We first examine the ways in which scholars discuss changes in the ways in which citizenship and political identity are expressed in the context of international migration. We argue that much of the discussion of transnationalism and diaspora cling to an assumption that citizenship remains an important—though not defining—element of identity. Our position, by contrast, is that migration is one of a number of processes that transform the relationship between citizenship and identity. More specifically, we argue that …
Making Publics: Immigrants, Regimes Of Publicity And Entry To 'The Public', Lynn Staeheli, Don Mitchell, Caroline Nagel
Making Publics: Immigrants, Regimes Of Publicity And Entry To 'The Public', Lynn Staeheli, Don Mitchell, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
As groups struggle to gain visibility and voice in the public sphere and as new publics form, they may expand the sense of inclusiveness within a polity, but these new publics may also rub against broader, hegemonic ideals of ‘the’ public sphere. This paper utilises the concept of ‘regimes of publicity’ to explore how marginalised groups are included in the public. Regimes of publicity are the prevailing system of laws, practices, and relations that condition the qualities of a public and the ways that it is situated with respect to other publics. In exploring how publics might be formed and …
Ict And Geographies Of British Arab And Arab American Activism, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Ict And Geographies Of British Arab And Arab American Activism, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
Current literature on migrant transnationalism highlights the role of new information and communication technologies (ICT) in facilitating lives that are situated simultaneously 'here' and 'there'. Yet discussions of transnationalism and ICT obscure many complexities because of the tendency to focus on migrants' connections with 'homeland'. In this article, we consider more broadly the spatiality of migrant activism and the different ways that ICT enters into it. Drawing on interviews conducted with Arab American and British Arab activists, we ask where is migrant activism geographically situated? How might their use of ICT factor into, or not factor into, activists' activities? In …
Rethinking Geographies Of Assimilation, Caroline Nagel
Rethinking Geographies Of Assimilation, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
This commentary argues for a reconsideration of the concept of assimilation in geographical research. Whereas critics of assimilation theory have often misrepresented assimilation research, those working within the assimilation framework have seldom explored societal understandings of “sameness.” This commentary advocates that geographers look at assimilation not only in terms of spatial patterns but also in terms of the discursive and material practices through which dominant and subordinate groups negotiate the terms of social membership. The need to arrive at a richer understanding of assimilation becomes more pressing as the assimilability of migrants becomes an increasingly salient topic of debate.
Ummah, Locality, And In-Between: Muslim American Perspectives On Societal Membership, Caroline Nagel
Ummah, Locality, And In-Between: Muslim American Perspectives On Societal Membership, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Being Visible And Invisible: Integration From The Perspective Of British Arab Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Being Visible And Invisible: Integration From The Perspective Of British Arab Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Topographies Of Home And Citizenship: Arab American Activists, Lynn A. Staeheli, Caroline R. Nagel
Topographies Of Home And Citizenship: Arab American Activists, Lynn A. Staeheli, Caroline R. Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
Home and citizenship carry contradictory and ambiguous meanings for immigrants as they negotiate lives ‘here’ and ‘there’. We use the concept of topography to analyze the ways in which activists in the Arab-American community draw connections between homes in the United States and in the Middle East. In intensive interviews, we ask activists about how their understanding of home influences their activism and positioning as citizens within the United States. Activists often bring to their work conceptualizations of home and citizenship that are open, and that connect home to broader forces operating at various scales and in more than one …
Introduction To Geographies Of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, And Space, Caroline Nagel
Introduction To Geographies Of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, And Space, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Reconstructing Space, Re-Creating Memory: Sectarian Politics And Urban Redevelopment In Post-War Beirut, Caroline Nagel
Reconstructing Space, Re-Creating Memory: Sectarian Politics And Urban Redevelopment In Post-War Beirut, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
For fifteen years Lebanon endured a civil war that transformed its capital city, Beirut, from the ‘Paris of the Mediterranean’ to a bloody battleground of rival sectarian factions. More than a decade after the civil war, Beirut is in the final stages of a multi-billion-dollar reconstruction effort that has attempted to re-create the ‘old’ cosmopolitan Beirut. This reconstruction process has represented not only rehabilitation of physical infrastructure, but, equally, an attempt to reinterpret Lebanon’s tumultuous past and to create a new collective memory for the Lebanese ‘nation.’ In this respect, and despite corporate efforts to recast Beirut as a stable, …
Contemporary Scholarship And The Demystification—And Re-Mystification—Of ‘Muslim Women’ , Caroline Nagel
Contemporary Scholarship And The Demystification—And Re-Mystification—Of ‘Muslim Women’ , Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
To Be Or Not To Be 'British Muslim': British Arab Perspectives On Religion, Politics, And 'The Public', Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
To Be Or Not To Be 'British Muslim': British Arab Perspectives On Religion, Politics, And 'The Public', Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Social Justice, Self-Interest, And Salman Rushdie: Re-Assessing Identity Politics In Multicultural Britain, Caroline Nagel
Social Justice, Self-Interest, And Salman Rushdie: Re-Assessing Identity Politics In Multicultural Britain, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Farm Labourers And The ‘New Urban Politics’: Bridging The Urban-Rural Divide, Lynn Staeheli, Caroline Nagel
Farm Labourers And The ‘New Urban Politics’: Bridging The Urban-Rural Divide, Lynn Staeheli, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
This paper examines the provision of services to farm labor as an extension of the “new urban politics.” The new urban politics have focused on the position of cities in the emerging global economy and the efforts of elite agents in cities to manipulate that position. The issues involved in service provision, however, blend the scale and economic development questions currently at the center of debate in urban political analyses with questions of identity and of the changing meaning of “urban.” Concern for farm workers on the urban-rural fringe enhances understandings of local politics in three ways. First, it draws …
Integration And The Negotiation Of 'Here' And 'There': The Case Of British Arab Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Integration And The Negotiation Of 'Here' And 'There': The Case Of British Arab Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
Immigrant-receiving societies are increasingly emphasizing the need for immigrants to integrate into mainstream life. In Britain, this trend has manifested itself in 'social cohesion' discourses and policies. Discussions about social cohesion have often focused on the residential patterns of immigrant and minority groups in British cities, with the assumption that residential patterns are an indication of social integration. Integration, however, is also a socio-political process by which dominant and subordinate groups negotiate the terms of social membership. We explore the ways in which British Arab activists conceptualize their membership in and responsibilities to their places of settlement; we also consider …
Constructing Difference And Sameness: The Politics Of Assimilation In London’S Arab Communities, Caroline Nagel
Constructing Difference And Sameness: The Politics Of Assimilation In London’S Arab Communities, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
Contemporary migration has spurred reconsideration of the theoretical concepts used to explain immigrant-host society relationships. Traditional conceptions of assimilation have been an important topic of debate. Some urban sociologists question whether timeworn assimilation models 'fit' contemporary circumstances. Others challenge assimilation theories on a more fundamental level, abandoning notions of'group adaptation' and focusing instead on social difference and cultural identity. Thus far, there has been very little dialogue between different theoretical perspectives. I attempt to bridge this gap by conceptualizing assimilation as observable, material processes of accommodation of and conformity to dominant norms. Assimilation, in this respect, is profoundly political rather …
‘We’Re Just Like The Irish’: Narratives Of Assimilation, Belonging, And Citizenship Among Arab American Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
‘We’Re Just Like The Irish’: Narratives Of Assimilation, Belonging, And Citizenship Among Arab American Activists, Caroline Nagel, Lynn Staeheli
Caroline R. Nagel
This paper examines narratives of assimilation and belonging as activists attempt to position Arab-Americans as citizens and full members of the American polity. In interviews with activists, the experience of the Irish as immigrants and citizens was often invoked as the paradigmatic example of how immigrants are incorporated as citizens—an example that activists promoted as one that Arabs would follow. By invoking the Irish experience, activists hope to remind Americans that immigration history is not one of effortless assimilation, but is rather characterized by systematic exclusion and marginalization. In so doing, they articulate narratives of assimilation and belonging that draw …
Ethnic Conflict And Urban Redevelopment In Downtown Beirut, Caroline Nagel
Ethnic Conflict And Urban Redevelopment In Downtown Beirut, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
The concept of globalization has become almost ubiquitous in contemporaryaccounts of urban development and cultural transformations. In these accounts, questions of globalization, urbanization, and ethnicity increasingly intersect. But this burgeoning literature, while laudably integrating cultural concerns into political-economic understandings of globalization, tends to rely on a dualistic sense of scale which treats localities as points of reaction to and resistance against global forces. Ethnicity and identity, situated in a rigid local scale, are reduced to either primordial communal sentiments or commodified symbols in the global economy. This paper advocates a conceptualization of ethnicity and locality not in opposition to the …
Re-Thinking Security: Perspectives From Arab-American And British Arab Activists, Lynn Staeheli, Caroline Nagel
Re-Thinking Security: Perspectives From Arab-American And British Arab Activists, Lynn Staeheli, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
In this article, we analyse the experience of securitization from the perspective of Arab-American and British Arab activists. Based on interviews with over 100 activists in both countries, we explore the ways in which Arab immigrant communities have experienced the enhanced security measures taken by governments. Our respondents describe the ways in which these measures have increased feelings of fear and insecurity within their communities. They emphasized how immigration, border and surveillance technologies lent a pervasive sense of insecurity to daily life. At the same time, they argued for the importance of the legal rights of citizenship in anchoring a …
Geographies Of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, And Space, Ghazi-Walid Falah, Caroline Nagel
Geographies Of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, And Space, Ghazi-Walid Falah, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.
Why The French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, The State, And Public Space, By John R. Bowen, Caroline Nagel
Why The French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, The State, And Public Space, By John R. Bowen, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
A review of Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space, by John R. Bowen
Hidden Minorities And The Politics Of ‘Race’: The Case Of British Arab Activists In London, Caroline Nagel
Hidden Minorities And The Politics Of ‘Race’: The Case Of British Arab Activists In London, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
This paper uses a case study of activists in London's Arab communities to address the marginalisation of certain groups in academic analyses of 'race' and ethnicity. Theorisation of 'race' has become increasingly sophisticated, emphasising the fluidity of racial identities and the contextual specificity of racial ideologies and racialised practices. Yet very few empirical analyses of 'race' stray from the rigid categories of 'race' and ethnicity found in censuses and other official sources. The implication is that only certain groups 'count' as 'racial' and should be analysed in terms of 'race'. Using evidence gathered from intensive interviews with Arab community activists, …
Geopolitics By Another Name: Immigration And The Politics Of Assimilation, Caroline Nagel
Geopolitics By Another Name: Immigration And The Politics Of Assimilation, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
In this introduction to the special issue on the geopolitics of migration, I discuss some of the problematic elements of current approaches to migration studies. In particular, I comment on the concept of ‘transnationalism’ as it has been applied to immigrant communities, and argue that claims about immigrant transnationalism resemble contemporary and historical polemics on the non-assimilation of immigrants. I propose that our understanding of the dynamics of immigrant-host society relationships must begin with an understanding of the geopolitical contexts in which migration takes place. I illustrate my argument using the case of Arab Americans in the aftermath of September …
Questioning Citizenship In An Age Of Migration, Caroline Nagel
Questioning Citizenship In An Age Of Migration, Caroline Nagel
Caroline R. Nagel
No abstract provided.