From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture [Hardcover]

In this impressive volume a combination of theorists - linguists, historians and lawyers - address the subject of citizenship testing for language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge. Discussing themes of identity and cultural belonging, they draw?out?the implications for Australia and the wider international community.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Foreword: C.Slade & M.M?llering PART I: CITIZENSHIP IN AUSTRALIA: FROM EMPIRE TO MULTICULTURAL STATE AND BACK Shifting Landscapes of Citizenship; C.Slade Citizenship and Language Tests: Law and History; A.Buck & C.Frew Australian Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century: Historical Perspectives; A.Holland From Virtues to Values: Conceptions of Australian Citizenship; I.Tregenza The Value of Values? Debating Identity, Citizenship and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Australia; L.Cox PART II: CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CITIZENSHIP: A CONVERGENCE OF TESTING REGIMES? Citizenship Testing in the Anglophone Countries: UK, Canada, USA; M.Hargreaves Civic Integration in the Netherlands; C.Slade The Changing Scope of German Citizenship: From 'guest-worker' to citizen?; M.M?llering 'Do I feel Australian? No you tell me': Debating the Introduction of the Australian Formal Citizenship Test; E.Farrell PART III: CITIZENSHIP TESTS UNDER REVISION: PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS AND POPULAR ATTITUDES Citizenship and Identity: A Philosophical Perspective; C.Mackenzie Nativism as Citizenship: Immigration, Economic Hardship and the Politics of the Right; M.Goot & I.Watson From Earning the Privilege of Citizenship to Understanding its Responsibilities: An Update on Australian Citizenship Testing; M.M?llering & L.Silaghi Afterword; S.Wright IndexANDREW BUCK Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, AustraliaLLOYD COX Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, AustraliaEMILY FARRELL AMEP Research Centre, Macquarie University, AustraliaCHARLOTTE FREW Macquarie Law Scholă