From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Citizenship in Australia: From Empire to Multicultural State and Back

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Shifting Landscapes of Citizenship

      • Christina Slade

      Pages 3-23

   3. Citizenship and Language Tests in Australia: Issues of Law and History

      • A. R. Buck, Charlotte Frew

      Pages 24-38

   4. Australian Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century: Historical Perspectives

      • Alison Holland

      Pages 39-59

   5. From Virtues to Values: Conceptions of Australian Citizenship

      • Ian Tregenza

      Pages 60-76

   6. The Value of Values? Debating Identity, Citizenship and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Australia

      • Lloyd Cox

      Pages 77-97

3. Cross-National Perspectives on Citizenship: A Convergence of Testing Regimes?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Citizenship Testing in the Anglophone Countries: The UK, Canada and the USA

      • Marian Hargreaves

      Pages 101-124

   3. Civic Integration in the Netherlands

      • Christina Slade

      Pages 125-144

   4. The Changing Scope of German Citizenship: From ‘Guest Worker’ to Citizen?

      • Martina Möllering

      Pages 145-163

   5. ‘Do I feel Australian? No You Tell Me’: Debating the Introduction of the Australian Formal Citizenship Test

      • Emily Farrell

      Pages 164-187

4. Citizenship Tests Under Revision: Philosophical Implications and Popular Attitudes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Citizenship, Identity, and Immigration: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives

      • Catriona Mackenzie

      Pages 191-216

   3. Nativism as Citizenship: Immigration, Economic Hardship, and the Politics of the Right

      • Murray Goot, Ian Watson

      Pages 217-235

   4. From Earning the Privilege of Citizenship to Understanding its Responsibilities: An Update on Australian Citizenship Testing

      • Martina Möllering, Linda Silaghi

      Pages 236-255

   5. Afterword

      • Sue Wright

      Pages 256-265

5. Back Matter

   Pages 266-279

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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.

• belonging
• German
• identity
• integration
• language
• linguists
• migration
• literary diction

• City University, London, UK

  Christina Slade

• Macquarie University, Australia

  Martina Möllering

ANDREW BUCK Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Australia LLOYD COX Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia EMILY FARRELL AMEP Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia CHARLOTTE FREW Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia MURRAY GOOT Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia MARIAN HARGREAVES Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia ALISON HOLLAND Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia CATRIONA MACKENZIE Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia IAN TREGENZA Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia IAN WATSON Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia SUE WRIGHT Language and Politics, School of Language and Area Studies, Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, UK

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