Abstract
Editorial: Ethno-cultural diversity and contemporary national societies
Highlights
A glance at demographic data for European countries reveals that every year international migration contributes to population growth more than natural change (European Commission 2010)
Academic scholarship has offered important insights into the ways that migrants negotiate their everyday lives within receiving societies (Bailey 2000; Fortier 2000; Kastoryano 2002; Kumsa 2005; Ho 2006; Brah 2007; Skrbiš et al 2007; Cagliotti 2008; Getrich 2008; Mavroudi 2008; Nagel & Staeheli 2008; Nelson & Hiemstra 2008; Zevallos 2008), the general tendency has been to eschew the national dimension in favour of cosmopolitan (Archibugi et al 1998; Cheah & Robbins 1998; Beck 2000; Featherstone 2002; Nava 2002; Vertovec & Cohen 2002), transnational (Basch et al 1994; Hannerz 1996; Portes 1996; Glick Schiller 1997; Robinson 1998; Vertovec 1999; Kivisto 2001; International Migration Review 2003), or ‘local’ (Amin 2002; Valentine 2008; Matejskova & Leitner 2011; Leitner 2012; Closs Stephens 2013) perspectives
If one agrees on the need for nations to be inclusive (Mavroudi 2010), it is necessary to closely explore the complex ways in which the nation intersects with everyday life and, in particular, the ways in which the nation can be both exclusive and inclusive
Summary
A glance at demographic data for European countries reveals that every year international migration contributes to population growth more than natural change (European Commission 2010). There is a need to deconstruct and dissect the nation, both as a notion and practice, exactly at a time when it faces enduring mistrust in scholarly work dealing with diversity and change (Antonsich 2009).
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