Imagined Liberation: Xenophobia, Citizenship, and Identity in South Africa, Germany, and Canada - Politics History & Social Chan

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: ForewordAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionPart I Integrating Difference1 Comparative Xenophobia2 South African Perspectives on Xenophobia3 Youth VoicesAim and Methodology ? An Ethnography of Township Schools ? How Students View Foreigners4 Falling from GraceShifting Views on Mandelaland Reflections on Mandela ? Patriarchy, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS ? Crime and Punishment ? Corruption and Consumption? Reracialization, Affirmative Action, and Black Economic Empowerment ? Descent into Zimbabwe? ? Popular Sentiment versus a Liberal ConstitutionPart II Variations of Migration Policies: Africa, Germany, and Canada5 Settler ColonialismTwo Types of Colonialism ? Founding Myths and Intergroup Attitudes ? Metropolitan/Settler Relations6 Xenophobia in GermanyThe Case of Roma/Sinti ? Muslims as Enemies ? Capitalist versus Communist Xenophobia ? Conclusion7 Multicultural Canada as an Alternative?Canadian Identities and Cultural Traditions ? How to Select Immigrants ? Opportunistic MulticulturalismPart III Political Literacy8 Xenophobia and Political LiteracyComparing Political Education in Multiethnic Societies ? Political Literacy as Strategy to Combat Xenophobia ? Nation, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, and Critical Patriotism ? Cosmopolitan Consciousness9 Theorizing XenophobiaConclusion: Alternatives and Global TrendsAppendicesAutobiography I: Navigating Difference: Insiders, Outsiders, andContending Identities (Kogila Moodley) Autobiography II: Controversies: Peacemaking in Divided Societies(Heribert Adam) ReferencesIndex of Names"Biographical Note: Heribert Adam is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Educated at the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, he has published extensively on comparative ethnic conflicts and peacemaking, particularly socio-political developments in South Africa. He was awarded the 1998 Konrad Adenauer Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the co-author of "Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking Between Israelis and Palestinians" (Temple). Kogila Moodley is Professor Emerita, Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, where she was the first holder of the David Lam Chair. Raised in the Indian community of apartheid South Africa, her research is focused on critical multiculturalism, anti-racism education and citizenship. She has served as President of the International Sociological Association s Research Committee on Racism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Relations. She is the co-author of "Seeking Mandela."" Contributor Bio:  Adam, Heribert Heribert Adam is Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His books include "Modernizing Racial Domination" (California, 1971) and also with Kogila Moodley, "South Africa Without Apartheid" (California, 1986). Kogila Moodley is Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is editor and co-author of "Race Relations and Multicultural Education" (1984).