Dislocations of Civic Cultural Borderlines : Methodological Nationalism, Transnational Reality and Cosmopolitan Dreams

"This book examines changes of citizenship in the light of dislocated habitations. It highlights the ways in which the membership in a local community is shifting away from national frameworks, and explores the dislocations brought about by transnational and cosmopolitan forms of belonging. Containing theoretical, methodological and political contributions, the volume takes part in the social political and cultural discussion around migration, transnationalism, multiculturalism, multiple citizenship and cosmopolitan civic activities. It presents dislocation as a covering concept and a metaphor for describing circumstances in which the conventional ways and frames of conducting social scientific analysis, social policies, or politics no longer suffice. The book shows how scientific and political projects, educational curricula and policy institutions still lean mainly on the logics of mono-cultural nation-states and citizenships, without recognizing the dislocated nature of contemporary citizenship and civil society. Offering solutions, the book proposes new ways of collecting data and conducting analyses, explains the new logics of citizenship and civic activities, and offers tools for developing civic and citizenship policies that consider the transnational reality of people's everyday lives and life histories"--Provided by publisher Annotation This book examines changes of citizenship in the light of dislocated habitations. It highlights the ways in which the membership in a local community is shifting away from national frameworks, and explores the dislocations brought about by transnational and cosmopolitan forms of belonging. Containing theoretical, methodological and political contributions, the volume takes part in the social political and cultural discussion around migration, transnationalism, multiculturalism, multiple citizenship and cosmopolitan civic activities. It presents dislocation as a covering concept and a metaphor for describing circumstances in which the conventional ways and frames of conducting social scientific analysis, social policies, or politics no longer suffice. The book shows how scientific and political projects, educational curricula and policy institutions still lean mainly on the logics of mono-cultural nation-states and citizenships, without recognizing the dislocated nature of contemporary citizenship and civil society. Offering solutions, the book proposes new ways of collecting data and conducting analyses, explains the new logics of citizenship and civic activities, and offers tools for developing civic and citizenship policies that consider the transnational reality of people s everyday lives and life histories." Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Living in an Age of Migration and Diasporas....Pages 21-32 Contents of Citizenship? Multiple Citizens’ Orientations Towards Nationality and Different Forms of Citizenship....Pages 33-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Which Side? Young Multicultural Generation Facing Nationalistic Research Frameworks....Pages 57-70 Embodied and Moral Methodological Cosmopolitanism in Opposition to the Rise of Neo-nationalism: A Micro-analytical Perspective....Pages 71-85 Political Transnationalism as a Matter of Belonging: Young Kurds in Finland....Pages 87-106 Marginal Actors? Diaspora Somalis Negotiate Their Citizenship....Pages 107-122 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Dilemmas of Cosmopolitan Education in the Context of Transnationalism....Pages 125-143 The Internationalisation of Higher Education: Multicultural, Transnational and Cosmopolitan Perspectives Approached....Pages 145-159 Is Education Still Enough? Skilled Sub-Saharan Africans Face the Nordic Labour Market....Pages 161-176 From Locals to Cosmopolitans: Transferring the Territorial Dimensions of Cultural Citizenship....Pages 177-196 Back Matter....Pages 197-199