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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables, Figures and Extracts -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Language and Identity on the Scottish/English Border -- 2 Where North Meets South? Contact, Divergence and the Routinisation of the Fenland Dialect Boundary -- 3. Borders in North American English -- 4. Spanish Language Variation and Ethnic Identity in New Mexico: Internal and External Borders -- 5. Language Use and Attitudes as Stimuli for Phonological Change in Border Uruguayan Spanish -- 6. Religion on the Border: The Effect of Utah English on English and Spanish Use in the Mexican Mormon Colonies -- 7. Borders within Borders: Contexts of Language Use and Local Identity Configuration in Southern Galicia -- 8. Perceptual Ideology across the Scottish/English Border -- 9. Wales and Welsh: Boundedness and Peripherality -- 10. The Political Border and Linguistic Identities in Ireland: What Can the Linguistic Landscape Tell Us? -- 11. Multilingual Luxembourg: Language and Identity at the Romance/Germanic Language Border -- 12. What Counts as a Linguistic Border, for Whom, and with What Implications? Exploring Occitan and Francoprovençal in Rhône-Alpes, France -- 13. Constructing National and International Deaf Identity: Perceived Use of American Sign Language -- 14. Borders, Variation and Identity: Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO) -- References -- Index

Acknowledging the religious influences in social work's roots, Mark Henrickson proposes that it need not be constrained by it. Addressing current debates in international social work about the relevance of different perspectives, this book will allow practitioners and scholars to create a global future of social work.

Introduction -- Statehood, stateness problem, and state's survival and partition -- The stateness problem: the case of kosovo -- The outcome of the stateness problem: the case of kosovo -- The stateness problem: the case of south sudan -- The outcome of the stateness problem: the case of south sudan -- The emergence of kosovo and south sudan: a cross-case analysis.

Explores how a new generation are redefining what it means to be a Muslim in Britain todayA new generation of Muslims – activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals – are drawing on contemporary reformist thinking emerging from outside their parents' or grandparents' tradition and are using this to inform their activism. This positive new thinking is traced as it impacts and shapes the burgeoning field of Muslim women's activism, the formation of religious leaders, what is to count as 'Muslim politics', the dynamics of de-radicalisation and what has been dubbed the 'New Muslim Cool' in music, fashion and culture.A collaboration between two academics, one Muslim and one not, the book gives a distinctive take on understanding Islam and Muslims in Britain today.Key FeaturesExplores creative new trends in British Islamic thought, art and activismHighlights the contributions of Muslim women in affecting positive social changeMaps changing patterns of intra-Muslim identity politics and community formation across the UKIncludes a short annotated bibliography and relevant websites

"Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body, drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a constructive resource for reimagining politics and society. Daniel Miller argues that this metaphor has consistently expressed a desire for social and political order, grounded in the social body's imagined normative shape or morphology. The consistent result, from the "concord" discourses of the pre-Christian Stoics, all the way through to contemporary nationalism and populism, has been the suppression of any dissent that would unmake the social body's presumed normativity. Miller argues that the conception of embodiment at the heart of the metaphor is a fantasy, and that negative social and political reactions to dissent represent visceral, dysphoric responses to its reshaping of the social body. He recognizes the social body's essential queerness, defined by fluidity and lack of a fixed morphology, spawns queer democracy, expressed through ongoing social and political practices that aim to extend liberty and equality to new social domains. Queer Democracy articulates a new departure for the ongoing development of theoretical articulations linking queer and trans theory with political theory. It will appeal to both academic and non-academic readers engaged in research on political theory, populism, US religion, gender studies, and queer studies"--

What should or could cultural studies look like in the 21st Century? New Cultural Studies is both an introductory reference work and an original study which explores some of the most exciting new directions currently being opened up in cultural studies. A new generation has begun to emerge from the shadow of the Birmingham School: a generation who have turned to theory as a means to think through some of the crucial problems and issues in contemporary culture. New Cultural Studies: Adventures in Theory collects for the first time the ideas of this generation and explains just why theory continues to be crucial for cultural studies. The book explores theory's past, present and most especially future role in cultural studies. It does so by providing an authoritative and accessible guide, for students and researchers alike, to:some of the most interesting members of this 'post-Birmingham school' generationthe thinkers and theories currently influencing new work in cultural studies: Agamben, Badiou, Deleuze, Derrida, Hardt and Negri, Kittler, Laclau, Levinas, Zizekthe new territories being mapped out across the intersections of cultural studies and cultural theory: anti-capitalism, ethics, the posthumanities, post-Marxism, new media technologies, the transnational

Ethnosymbolism offers a distinct and innovative approach to the study of nations and nationalism. It focuses on the role of ethnic myths, historical memories, symbols and traditions in the creation and maintenance of the collective identity of modern nations. This book explores the different aspects of the ethnosymbolic approach to the study of ethnicity, nationality and nationalism.Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism first introduces the main theoretical considerations that have arisen in nationalism studies in the past two decades. It then presents a collection of case studies covering music and poetry, ethnosymbolism in antiquity, and a wide variety of nations and regions. Areas discussed include Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East, the Far East and India, Africa, and the Americas.Overall the book offers a defence of the methodology of ethnosymbolism and a demonstration of its explanatory power.Key Features:Includes contributions from some of the most eminent scholars in the field of nationalism studies including Anthony D. Smith, the doyen of ethnosymbolismOffers a distinctive approach to the analysis of ethnicity and nationalism in the modern worldEthnosymbolism is now a key element of the nationalism studies discourseThe ethnosymbolic approach can be applied to the analysis of a variety of historical and contemporary social, cultural and political situations

Chapter 1. Inequality As A Historical Problem. The Pre-Statistical Stage(Daniel Santilli) -- Chapter 2. Quality Of Life In Argentina In The First National Census (1869)(Guillermo Velázquez, Hernán Otero) -- Chapter 3. Quality Of Life By Departments And Regions In Argentina At The End Of The 19th. Century(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 4. Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis From The Third National Census (1914)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 5. Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis From The Fourth National Census (1947)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Fernando Ariel Manzano) -- Chapter 6. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 1960(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 7. Quality Of Life In Argentina (1970)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 8. Quality Of Life In Argentina (1980)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 9. Quality Of Life And Fragmentation In The Argentina Of The Nineties(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 10. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 2001(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Sebastián Gómez Lende, Fernando Manzano, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 11. Quality Of Life In Argentina In 2010(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Sebastián Gómez Lende, Fernando Manzano, Claudia Mikkelsen, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 12. Quality Of Life Differentiating Factors: Migratory Dynamics, Entrality/Accessibility, Urban Categories And Geographic Gross Product(Guillermo Velázquez, Santiago Linares) -- Chapter 13. Geography And Quality Of Life In Argentina. Analysis According To Census Radius (2010)(Guillermo Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín, Santiago Linares, Adela Tisnés, Fernando Manzano, Claudia Mikkelsen, Lorena La Maccchia, María Eugenia Arias) -- Chapter 14. The Well-Being Of Rural Population Of Argentina(Claudia Mikkelsen, Sofía Ares, Matías Gordziejczuk, Natasha Picone, Mariana Bruno).