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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 …