MINELRES: Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter: Issue No. 26 (excerpts)

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Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 26, September 2002

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Recent and Upcoming Conferences
3. Recent Publications
4. Call for Papers
5. Internet Resources
6. Courses and Summer Schools
7. 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-sixth 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, 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

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The "World's Indigenous Peoples Conference: Processes and Perspectives"
will be held at Okanagan University College in Kelowna, BC, October
16-19, 2002. Further details are posted on the conference website:
 http://www.ouc.bc.ca/anth/conference/
 
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The Institute of Ideas and the French Institute are co-sponsoring a
conference on "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition" on
15-16 November 2002, in London England at the Institut Francais. For
more information, contact Tiffany Jenkins, Institute of Ideas at
[email protected] or visit the Institute's website at:
 http://www.instituteofideas.com
 
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The International Law and Ethics Conference Series (ILECS) is organising
its 2003 meetings around the topic "Collective Identity and Minority
Rights". This year's meetings will take place at Belgrade University,
June 27-29, 2003, with a follow-up conference set to take place at
Portland State University in the Fall of 2003. For further information
contact Aleksander Jokic, Department of Philosophy and Conflict
Resolution, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland OR,
97207-0751; tel: (503) 735 3503; fax: (503) 725 3524; email:
[email protected]

A round table session at the World Conference of Philosophy in Istanbul,
Turkey, August 10-17, 2003, will consider four topics surrounding
indigenous peoples's philosophy. The topics are sovereignty, membership
and identity, representation and gender. The organisations hope to
attract specialists in indigenous philosophy from all regions of the
world. To find out more about this round table contact Daniel Weinstock,
University of Montreal, either by email: [email protected].
Information about the WCP can be found at:
 http://www.wcp2003.org

The University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand, is organizing a
major international conference on "Language, Education and Diversity",
to be held on November 26-29, 2003. Keynote speakers include Nancy
Hornberger, Mary Kalantzis, Rob Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas.
Full details are posted at:  www.led2003.ac.nz
 
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(prices in U.S. dollars).

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T.A. Aleinikoff & Douglas Klusmeyer (eds), Citizenship Policies for an
Age of Migration: The Comparative Citizenship Project (Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, 2002) $16.95

Nazar Alsayyad and Manuel Castells (eds), Muslim Europe or EuroIslam?
Politics, Culture and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization
(Lexington, 2002) $24.95

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David Chandler, From Kosovo to Kabul: Human Rights and International
Intervention (Pluto Press, 2002), $36.95

Daniele Conversi (ed), Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World:
Walker Conner and the Study of Nationalism (Routledge, 2002)

Bruno Coppieters & Michael Huysseune (eds), Secession, History and the
Social Sciences (VUB, 2002) $34.95

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David Eltis, Coerced and Free Migration: Global Perspectives (Stanford
UP, 2002) $65.00

Ellen Freeberg, Regarding Equality (Rowman and Littlefied, 2002) $65.00

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Robert W. Hefner (ed), The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and
Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Hawaii UP, 2001)
$27.95

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Mike Kay & Chandra Roy, The International Labour Organization: A
Handbook for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples (Minority Rights Groups
International Training Manual, 2002)

Michael Keating, Plurinational Democracy (Oxford UP, 2002) $45.00

Brian D. Lepard, Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention (Penn State UP,
2002) $55.00

Daniel Levy & Yfaat Weiss (eds), Challenging Ethnic Citizenship
(Berghahn, 2002) $75.00

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James Minahan, Encyclopaedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and
National Groups Around the World (4 volumes) (Greenwood, 2002) $475.00

Norman M. Naimark, Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in 20th Century
Europe (Harvard UP, 2001) $26.50

Garth Nettheim, Gary D. Meyers & Donna Craig, Indigenous Peoples and
Governance Structures: A Comparative Analysis of Land Resource
Management Rights (AIATSIS, 2002) $50.00

Shih-Yu Shih, Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response
to the State (Routledge, 2002) $95.95

Anita Inder Singh, Democracy, Ethnic Diversity, and Security in
Post-Communist Europe (Praeger, 2001), $57.95

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Journal Special Issues and Symposia

The journal Ethnicities (Volume 2, No 2, 2002) contains a symposium on
Brian Barry's "Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of
Multiculturalism". In this symposium, Barry's book is critically
reviewed by David Miller, Judith Squires, Oliver Schmidtke, and James
Tully, with a short response from the author.

A special issue of Scottish Affairs (2001, No. SPI) contains 16 articles
analyzing sub-state nationalist conflicts in Scotland, Quebec and
Catalonia. Topics like liberalism, statelessness, citizenship and
identity are taken up. Among the authors are A.-G. Gagnon, J. A. Hall,
M. Keating, J. M. Pujals.

A special issue of Canadian Ethnic Studies focuses on "Diversity and
Identity" (Vol. 33, #3, 2001), drawing on papers from the Ethnocultural,
Racial, Religious and Linguistic Diversity and Identity Seminar, held in
Halifax, 1-2 November 2001. Articles by Brian Osborne, Paul Bramadat,
Minelle Mahtani, and Yvonne Hebert.

The current issue of the MOST journal on Multicultural Societies is
organized around the theme of "governance of linguistic diversity". The
issue can be found at the following address:
 http://www.unesco.org/most/jmshome.htm
 
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A symposium in Ethnic and Racial Studies considers issues of race
relations in 21st Century Britain (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2002). Entitled
"Beyond Difference: Racial and Ethnic Studies in 21st Century Britain",
the symposium is guest edited by Claire Alexander and Brian Alleyne, and
includes essays by C. Alexander, T. Reynolds and J. Jupp.

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A thematic issue of Philosophy and Social Criticism (Vol. 28, No. 4,
2002) examines the issues of multiculturalism and racism. Authors
include M.A. Orlie, A. Van Aaken and J. Wiley.

Other Publications

A series of five comparative case studies on the effectiveness of the
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has been published on-line
as part of a new Working Paper series co-ordinated by the Centre for
OSCE Research. Editors for the series are Wolfgang Zellner, Randolf
Oberschmidt and Claus Neukirch. The papers are available for download
at:
 http://www.core-hamburg.de/english/publications/workingpapers
 
4. CALL FOR PAPERS

The forthcoming winter edition of the electronic Journal on
Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) will have a Special
Focus section examining the suitability of exporting western political
models of multiculturalism and minority rights to countries in Central
and Eastern Europe. Taking the theories of Professor Will Kymlicka as a
starting point, the Focus aims to generate broader discussion on this
issue. The Focus will open with a specially commissioned article by
Professor Kymlicka, in which he sets out the main arguments of his
theory. The Editors encourage articles and commentary on these issues,
especially from younger academics and practitioners residing in Central
and Eastern Europe. Professor Kymlicka's paper will be posted towards
the middle of November 2002, along with commentaries from recognized
scholars. A provisional deadline for receipt of manuscripts is scheduled
for 29 November 2002 and publication of contributions will continue into
the beginning of 2003.  Contributions of between 6000 and 10000 words
may be submitted via email to Graham Holliday (Editor-in-Chief) at
[email protected]. For more information, visit the JEMIE website at:
 http://www.ecmi.de/jemie/
 
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A publication called "Ethnocentrism, Minority Rights and Civil Society
in the Balkans" has issued a call for contributors. For more
information, contact Lynne Christine Alice [email protected] or
visit
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balkans/message/2230
 
Macquarie University Law Journal is accepting papers for its upcoming
special issue on "Self-determination, Secession and the Creation of
States". Guest editors are Aleksander Pavkovic and Peter Radan. For
information on how to submit an essay, contact Alex Reilly, Macquarie
University Law Journal, Division of Law, Macquarie University, NSW2109,
Australia, [email protected] tel: 61-2-98507066; fax: 61-2-98507686.

5. INTERNET RESOURCES

Native Web is an international, non-profit, educational organization
dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and
the internet to disseminate information and publicize websites about
indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations. Numerous resources are
contained on the NativeWeb main website, including information on books,
music, speeches, legal materials, community resources and news about the
struggles of indigenous peoples worldwide. The NativeWeb website is
located at: 
 http://www.nativeweb.org/
 
The Migration Policy Group (MPG) which monitors and evaluates Europe's
legislation regarding migration, diversity and discrimination, has
announced its newly renovated website. The site now includes activities,
programmes and publications of the MPG, as well as a set of 26 country
reports from a joint project entitled "Implementing European
Anti-discrimination Law", which monitored anti-discrimination
legislation in the EU Member States and Candidate countries (15 EU
states plus 11 candidate states).  The URL for the new MPG website is:
 http://www.migpolgroup.com/
 
The Clearing House Review is a bimonthly publication in the field of
human rights and democracy. Published by the International Institute of
Democracy, affiliated with the Council of Europe, the Clearing House
Review lists upcoming events and recent publications, as well as special
courses and seminars taking place mainly in Europe. To obtain
information on specific courses and seminars, or to subscribe to the
Clearing House Review, visit the International Institute of Democracy
website at:
 http://www.iidemocracy.coe.int/
 
6. COURSES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS

A one-week intensive course on "Non-Discrimination and Minority Rights"
will take place on 25-29 November 2002, in Turku/Abo, Finland. Offered
by the Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akademi University, the course
is intended as a comprehensive survey of non-discrimination/minority
rights norms in the United Nations, Council of Europe, EU and OSCE
contexts. Twenty-five participants will be selected to participate, and
funding will be available for participants travelling from ECE, African
or Latin American countries. For information on the course, contact
Johanna Bondas, Institute for Human Rights, Gezeliusgatan 2, FIN-20500
Turku/Abo, Finland; email: mailto:[email protected]; web:
 http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses.htm
 
7. RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS

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The Forum gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada in funding this newsletter.
Special thanks to Michael Kocsis for research help, and to Lise
Charlebois for help with the distribution of the newsletter.