Building inclusive nations in the age of migration |
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Authors: | Marco Antonsich Elizabeth Mavroudi Sabina Mihelj |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdomantonsich@yahoo.it;3. Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom;4. Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | Nation and diversity are often cast in oppositional terms. The present joint intervention explores the limits and possibilities of what we call ‘inclusive nation’, i.e. a nation which embraces rather than expunging diversity. To reflect on this idea, the Loughborough University Nationalism Network (LUNN) organized a symposium, bringing together both academics and relevant stakeholders, to explore both theoretically and practically the feasibility of the inclusive nation. For reason of space, here we present only the theoretical views of academics. While Billig and Yuval-Davis highlight the inherent exclusive thrust of nationalism, Kaufmann and Hearn suggest two distinct ways to move away the traditional understanding of nationalism as a site of singularity, oppression and exclusion. A final rejoinder by Nyhagen pushes the debate further interrogating the boundaries of national belonging. |
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Keywords: | Nation diversity migration belonging |
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