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Newsletter: Issue 19, December 2000 (excerpts)
Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 19, December 2000
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Conferences
3. Recent Publications
4. New Journals and Book Series
5. Internet Resources
6. Related Research Programs
7. Summer Schools
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 nineteenth 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]. For further
information about the research project, you can also reach us by fax
at 613-533-6545. 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
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The "Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Juridique" of Paris is organizing a
conference on "Cultural Diversity and Mediation: Approaches, Models
and Strategies for Which Society?", December 11-13, 2000, Paris,
France. For more information contact Laboratoire d'Anthropologie
Juridique de l'Universite de Paris I, 9, rue Malher, 75181 Paris
Cedex; tel/fax: 01 44 78 33 80; e-mail:
[email protected]
The Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn is
organizing a conference on "Facing Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from
Research and Policy-making", Bonn, December 14-16, 2000. The
conference will bring policy makers and researchers together to
discuss the possibilities and limitations in preventing, settling or
managing ethnic conflicts. For more information, contact the
conference organizers Andreas Wimmer, Ulrike Joras, or Conrad
Schetter, Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn,
Walter-Flex-Strasse 3, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; tel: 49 (0) 2 28-734906;
fax: 49 (0) 2 28-731972; e-mail:
[email protected] or [email protected] or visit:
http://www.zef.de
The "Comite de suivi des lois sur l'immigration" and the "Collectif
pour une veritable citoyennete europeenne" are organizing a conference
on citizenship titled "Tous citoyens!? Citoyennete europeenne pour
tous les residents: est-elle possible? est-elle souhaitable?", Paris,
France, January 20, 2001. For more information or to register,
contact Comite de suivi des lois sur l'immigration, Assemblee
nationale, bureau 8301, 126, rue de l'Universite 75007 Paris, France
or send an e-mail to Francoise Galland, e-mail: [email protected]
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There will be an international conference on "Nationalism and
Liberalism" to be held at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Internationales (CERI) in Paris, France, February 5-6, 2001. The
conference will explore various facets of liberal nationalism from the
perspective of political philosophy as well as political sociology.
For more information, contact the conference organizer, Alain
Dieckhoff, e-mail:
[email protected]
The year 2001 has been declared jointly by the Council of Europe and
the European Union as the European Year of Languages. Within this
framework, a European conference on "Promotion of Linguistic Diversity
and Minority and Regional Languages in Europe" will be hosted in
Rovinj Istria (Croatia), March 21-23, 2001. The conference is
organized by the Commission of Culture and Education of the Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe in co-operation with the
Council of Europe. For more information, contact
[email protected] or [email protected] or visit the
Council of Europe's web site:
http://culture.coe.int/AEL2001EYL
The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention
has become one of the most attended international scholarly gatherings
dealing with issues of national identity, nationalism, ethnic conflict
and state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, Central Asia, and adjacent areas. The ASN 6th Annual World
Convention, sponsored by the Harriman Institute and the Watson
Institute, will be held at Columbia University, NY, 5-7 April 2001.
The theme of the 2001 Convention will be "Nation-Making, Past and
Present: Community, Economy, Security" and will address the interface
of identity politics with economic issues and security/foreign policy
concerns, either in the past or in contemporary developments. The
organizers of the Convention welcome panel or paper proposals that
focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or cross-regional
comparisons. Send proposals no later than December 7, 2000. For more
information on the Convention and on paper proposal submission,
contact Dominique Arel, ASN Convention Program Chair, Watson
Institute, Brown University, Box 1831, 130 Hope St., Providence, RI
02912; tel: (401) 863-9296; fax: (401) 863-2192; e-mail:
[email protected] or visit the ASN website:
http://asn.uno.edu
As part of an ongoing project at the Institute for Social Research
(ISF) in Oslo on "Power and Democracy in Multicultural Norway", there
will be a seminar on the theme "Power and Democracy in Multicultural
Societies", Rosendal, Norway, May 17-20, 2001. The seminar's aim is
to address the contradictions and dilemmas attached to theories of
multiculturalism, citizenship and integration, with special focus on
their impact on welfare states in internationalized contexts. For
more information, contact Grete Brochmann, Research Director,
Institute for Social Research, Postboks 3233 Elisenberg, N-0208, Oslo;
tel: 47 23 08 61 00; fax; 47 23 08 61 01; e-mail: [email protected]
There will be a conference on "Representing Diversity" at Carleton
University, Ottawa, May 18-19, 2001, with sessions on "Political
Culture in the New World", "Consociationalism", "Language and
Federalism", and "The Future of Individual and Group Rights". The
conference is in honour of the work of Kenneth McRae. For more
information, contact Stephen Brooks, e-mail: [email protected]
There will be an international conference on "Voice or Exit:
Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic Minorities in Twentieth Century
Europe" to be held at the Humboldt Univesity of Berlin, May 25-27,
2001. The organizers are Rainer Muenz (Humboldt-Universitaet,
Berlin), Rainer Ohliger (Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin), William
Safran (University of Colorado at Boulder), Zsuza Torok (Central
European University, Budapest). The conference organizers are seeking
papers on various aspects of minority issues and coexistence
throughout Europe. Those who are interested in submitting a paper
proposal should do so by January 15, 2001. For more information on
the conference or to submit a paper proposal, visit:
http://www.demographie.de/minorities
The Fifth International conference of the Ethnic Studies Network will
be on the theme "From Violence to Politics", to be held at the
headquarters of INCORE in Aberfoyle House in Derry/Londonderry,
Northern Ireland, June 27-30, 2001. The conference organizers invite
submissions of presentations on regions involved in peace processes
(or not yet formally embarked on a peace process). Proposals for
workshops, panels, symposia and exhibits are also welcome. The
deadline for submission is February 1, 2001. For more information on
the conference or on submission guidelines, contact Lyn Moffett,
Conference Coordinator, Ethnic Studies Network, Aberfoyle House,
Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JA, Northern Ireland; tel: 44
(0)2871 375507; fax: 44 (0)2871 375510; e-mail: [email protected]
"Nationality and Citizenship in Post-Communist Europe" is a conference
organized by the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques and
co-sponsored by ASN and will be held at the Institut d'^�tudes
politiques de Paris, (France), July 9-10, 2001. The conference will
focus on the issue of identity - national, political, cultural, local,
or supra-national - in the post-communist world. The themes will
include changing notions of citizenship and nationality; mobilization,
conflict and secessionism in the Caucasus; Islam and politics in
Central Asia; threats of regional disintegration in Russia; identity
claims and economic development; the consequences of EU enlargement
and NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and Russia; and diaspora and
transnational politics. Panel or paper proposals are welcome on topics
relevant to the general theme of the conference. The deadline for
submissions is January 15, 2001. For more information on the
conference and a comprehensive list of the themes, contact Dominique
Colas, Conference Program Chair,
tel: (33-1) 45 49 50 77; fax: (33-1) 45 44 95 49;
e-mail: [email protected]
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
To keep our list manageable, we are listing only books and journal
symposia, not individual journal articles. Prices are in US dollars.
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Shlomo Ben-Ami, Yoav Peled and Alberto Spektorowski (eds) Ethnic
Challenges to the Modern Nation State (Palgrave, 2000), $69.95.
Caroline Brettell and James Hollifield (eds) Migration Theory: Talking
Across Disciplines (Routledge, 2000), $19.95.
David Brown, Contemporary Nationalism: Civic, Ethnocultural and
Multicultural Politics (Routledge, 2000), $27.99.
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Sean Byrne and Cynthia L. Irvin, Reconcilable Differences: Turning
Points in Ethnopolitical Conflicts (Kumarian Press, 2000), $19.96.
Joshua Castellino, International Law and Self-determination (Martinus
Nijhoff, 2000), $90.50.
Stephen Castles and Alastair Davidson (eds) Citizenship and Migration:
Globalization and the Politics of Belonging (Routledge, 2000), $22.99.
Martha Cottam and Richard Cottam, Nationalism and Politics: The
Political Behavior of Nation States (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000),
$59.95.
Markus Crepaz, Thomas A. Koeble and David Wilsford (eds), Democracy
and Institutions: The Life Work of Arend Lijphart (U Michigan Press,
2000), $49.50.
Hastings Donnan and Thomas Wilson, Borders: Frontiers of Identity,
Nation and State (Berg, 2000), $19.50.
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Steve Fenton, Ethnicity: Racism, Class, and Culture (Rowman &
Littlefield, 1999), $29.95.
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Paul Gilbert, Peoples, Cultures, and Nations in Political Philosophy
(Georgetown UP, 2000), $19.95.
Kjell Goldmann, Ulf Hannerz, and Charles Westin (eds) Nationalism and
Internationalism in the Post-Cold-war Era (Routledge, 2000), $29.99.
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Judith M. Green, Deep Democracy: Community, Diversity, and
Transformation (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), $17.95.
Ernst Haas and Peter J. Katzenstein (eds) Nationalism, Liberalism, and
Progress, Volume 2: The Dismal Fate of New Nations (Cornell UP, 2000),
$45.00.
Ghassan Hage, White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a
Multicultural Society (Routledge, 2000), $24.00.
Jason D. Hill, Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to be a Human
Being in the New Millenium (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), $19.96.
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Douglas R. Holmes, Integral Europe: Fast-Capitalism, Multiculturalism,
Neofascism (Princeton UP, 2000), $14.36.
John Hutchinson and Anthony Smith, Nationalism: Critical Concepts in
Political Science (5 volumes) (Routledge, 2000), $815.00.
Michael Ignatieff, The Rights Revolution (Anansi, 2000). $21.00
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Richard Keiser and Katherine Underwood (eds) Minority Politics at the
Millennium (Garland, 1999), $65.00.
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Rey Koslowski, Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the
European State System (Cornell UP, 2000), $39.95.
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Edward W. Lehman (ed) Autonomy and Order: A Communitarian Anthology
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), $27.95.
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Jacob Levy, The Multiculturalism of Fear (Oxford UP, 2000), $29.95.
Neil MacCormick, Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State and Nation in the
European Commonwealth (Oxford UP, 2000), $72.00.
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Clare Mar-Molinero, The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking
World (Routledge, 2000), $30.99.
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Alexander Motyl (ed) Encyclopedia of Nationalism (Academic Press,
2000), $350.00.
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Bhikhu Parekh, Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and
Political Theory (Harvard University Press, 2000), $35.00.
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Sita Ranchod-Nilsson and Mary Ann Tetreault, Women, States, and
Nationalism: At Home in the Nation? (Routledge 2000), $27.99.
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Philippe C. Schmitter, How to Democratize the European Union... and
Why Bother? (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), $17.95.
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Chris Shore, Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European
Integration (Routledge, 2000), $25.99
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Jonathan Stein (ed) The Politics of National Minority Participation in
Post-Communist Europe: State-Building, Democracy and Ethnic
Mobilization (M.E. Sharpe, 2000), $76.95.
Stephen Tierney (ed) Accommodating National Identity: New Approaches
in International and Domestic Law (Kluwer Law International, 2000),
$115.00.
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David Whittaker, Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary World
(Routledge, 1999), $15.99.
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Journal symposia and special issues
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There is a special issue on "The End of Tolerance: Engaging Cultural
Differences" in Daedalus (Vol. 129, No. 4, Fall 2000) guest edited by
Richard Shweder, Martha Minow, and Hazel Rose Markus. The special
issue includes articles by David Chambers, Katherine Pratt Ewing,
Hazel Rose Markus, Usha Menon, Martha Minow, Lawrence Sager, Austin
Sarat, Richard Shweder, Claude Steele, Dorothy Steel, Nomi Maya
Stolzenberg, Michael Suarez-Orozco, Unni Wikan. Visit:
http://www.ssrc.org/fcom9.htm
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There is a special issue on "Boundaries, Peoples and Cosmopolitans" in
Political Theory (Vol, 28, No. 5, October 2000), with articles by
William Connolly, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Andrew Kuper.
Parekh Commission report
One final publication worth noting is The Future of Multi-Ethnic
Britain, the report of the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic
Britain, established by the Runnymede Trust, and chaired by Bhikhu
Parekh. The Parekh Commission report is the result of two years of
research and consultations, and provides a comprehensive overview of
multiculturalism issues in Britain, and detailed recommendations on
areas such as criminal justice, employment, health, media, education,
the arts, immigration, political representation, and human rights. The
Report was published by Profile Books in London. Further information
is available on the Runnymede website at:
http://www.runnymedetrust.org.uk
A related publication is Jan Niessen, Diversity and Cohesion: New
Challenges for the Integration of Immigrants and Minorities (Council
of Europe, 2000). This report is intended to provide guidelines for
the Council of Europe's work on immigrant and minority integration,
and to assist the Council's member states to design and implement
diversity and cohesion policies. It can be ordered in English or in
French from Maria Ochoa-Llido at the Council of Europe. E-mail:
[email protected]
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5. INTERNET RESOURCES:
The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen's University
(IIGR) has developed an extensive new on-line bibliography on
federalism. The bibliography includes material on a wide range of
countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada,
Czech and Slovak Republics, Germany, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, South
Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. The bibliography
also includes entries covering the European Union, the Middle East,
the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia. Visit:
http://qsilver.queensu.ca/iigr/
The Forum of Federations is an International Network on Federalism
whose website posts links to news on federalism from around the
world. The Forum also has a new newsletter on federalism Federations:
What's New in Federalism Worldwide. The newsletter is published five
times per year and provides news and analysis on developments in
federalism in every part of the world. Visit the Forum's website:
http://www.forumoffederations.org
In a previous issue of the newsletter (#8), we mentioned the
interesting and humourous website created by the Dutch political
scientist Paul Treanor, with an extensive collection of resources on
nationalism and ethnicity. This website has now been moved, updated,
and retitled as "Nation planet". The new site is:
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/plana.html
The EXPO 2000 project "Cultures, Languages, Minorities: The
Danish-German Border Region -- An Example of Conflict Resolution" has
an Internet presentation on "Minorities in Europe". The presentation,
available in French, English and Danish, provides fundamental
information about language minorities in Europe. The presentation
involves detailed information on 15 minority groups in Europe,
including the four minorities in the Danish-German border area in
Schleswig-Holstein, i.e. Danes, Frisians, Germans, and Sinti/Roma.
Visit:
http://www.minority2000.net
6. RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement (IEA) is an Amsterdam-based association conducting
comparative education studies since the 1960s. The IEA Civic
Education Study is currently examining the values young people around
the world are acquiring related to their roles as citizens in
democracies and societies aspiring to democracy. The study covers
three domains: (1) "Democracy, Democratic Institutions and
Citizenship", (2) "National Identity and International Relations", and
(3) "Social Cohesion and Diversity". The study has been conducted in
two phases. Phase 1 (underway since 1993) consisted of mainly
qualitative work such as interviews with experts on civic education,
analyses of curriculum frameworks, and textbooks. In Phase 2, which
took place in 1999, a number of students from nationally
representative samples in twenty-eight countries were tested, with
particular focus on knowledge, skills in interpreting political
communication, concepts of democracy and citizenship etc. The results
of Phase 1 have been published in: Judith Torney-Purta, John Schwille,
and Jo-Ann Amadeo (eds) Civic Education across Countries: Twenty-four
National Case Studies from the IEA Civic Education Study (IEA,
Amsterdam, fax: 31 20 420 7136). The International Release Report of
Phase 2 will be available in March 2001. For more information about
the study, contact Judith Torney-Purta, International Steering
Committee Chair for the IEA CivEd Study, Department of Human
Development, College of Education, University of Maryland at College
Park, USA; fax: (301) 210 3916; e-mail: [email protected] or Rainer
Lehmann, International Co-ordinator for IEA CivEd Study (Phase 2),
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, fax: 49 30 2093 4153; e-mail:
[email protected]
"The Centre for Research on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship"
(CRIEC), at the University of Montreal, Quebec, has been awarded a
three-year grant to pursue a project on "Citizenship and
Transnationalism". Micheline Labelle, the director of CRIEC, is the
director of the project. The project will explore the impact of
social movements of minorities, women and aboriginals facing the
effects of globalization. The project brings together researchers
from Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Carleton University, and
Concordia University. For more information, contact CRIEC, Department
de sociologie, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, C.P. 8888, succursale
Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3P 3P8, tel: (514) 987-3000 ext.
3318. To find out about other research activities at CRIEC, visit the
centre's website:
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/criec
The Specialist Group on Ethnic Politics of the Political Studies
Association of the UK has been reconvened under the joint chairmanship
of Karl Cordell (University of Plymouth) and Stephan Wolff (University
of Bath). This is a multidisciplinary and international team of
scholars and practitioners, whose aim is to further our understanding
of ethnic politics in the world. The primary focus of the group will
be the re-emergence of ethnic/religious nationalism in various parts
of the globe. The group also encourages the academic study of global
issues related to ethnic politics, including nationalism and
nation-building, security studies, political sociology, and
territorial politics. The group seeks to appeal to political
scientists as well as practitioners, researchers from other
disciplines, research and educational institutions, governments,
NGO's. Membership is free and includes subscription to an electronic
discussion list and newsletter. For more information or to become a
member visit the website:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~mlssaw/ethnic_politics/home.htm
7. SUMMER SCHOOLS
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The Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at
the University of Pennsylvania is offering a 10-week interdisciplinary
Summer Institute in June-August 2001. The Summer Institute will bring
together academics and practitioners to prepare participants to work
on problems ranging from research to evaluating interventions. The
center expects to admit 15 Summer Fellows. The deadline for
applications is January 15, 2001. For details on the Summer Institute
and application procedures, contact Roy J. Eidelson, Executive
Director, The Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical
Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, 3815 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 1904; tel: (215) 898-3510; e-mail:
[email protected] or visit:
http://psych.upenn.edu/sacsec
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INCORE is offering three courses at its 2001 summer school from June
10-15, 2001. The courses will be on "The Challenges and
Contradictions of Development and Conflict", "Psychological Approaches
to Conflict Resolution", and "Post-conflict Situations Dealing with
the Past", each facilitated by two leading practitioners or academics
in the field, one international and one local to Northern Ireland.
The course will review existing knowledge, examine current issues and
challenges and analyze relevant case studies. The summer school will
be conducted at INCORE's offices in Derry/Londonderry, Northern
Ireland. The deadline for applications is March 30, 2001. For
further information, contact Lyn Moffett, Project Liaison Officer,
INCORE, Aberfoyle House, Northland Road, Derry/Londonderry BT48 7JA,
Northern Ireland; tel: 44 (0)2871 375507; fax: 44 (0)2871 375510;
e-mail: [email protected]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: If you would like to announce a new research project,
publication, call for papers, or upcoming conference in a future issue
of this newsletter, please contact us at [email protected],
or you can write to the Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy,
Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Watson Hall 313,
Kingston Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada. Fax: 613-533-6545.
The Forum gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in funding this
newsletter.
Special thanks to Idil Boran for research help, and to Lise Charlebois
for help with the distribution of the newsletter.
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