This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range - geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today. A timely contribution to the ongoing debates in the field, it will be a valuable companion to scholars working in the areas of multiculturalism, globalisation and culture, race and ethnic studies, gender studies and studies of post-partition societies.

Introduction - Nira Yuval-Davis, Kalpana Kannabiran and Ulrike M Vieten
PART ONE MULTICULTURALISM, COSMOPOLITANISM AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF BELONGING
Belongings in a Globalising and Unequal World - Floya Anthias
Rethinking Translocations
Culture, Identity and Rights - Gurminder K Bhambra
Challenging Contemporary Discourses of Belonging
Domestic Cosmopolitanism and Structures of Feeling - Mica Nava
The Specifity of London
A Cartography of Resistance - Kalpana Kannabiran
The National Federation of Dalit Women
PART TWO: RACISMS, SEXISMS AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF BELONGING
Im/Possible Inhabitations - Nirmal Puwar
An Inhospitable Port in the Storm - Jayne O Ifekwunigwe
Recent Clandestine West African Migrants and the Quest for Diasporic Recognition
Alterity and Belonging in Diaspora Space - Alice Feldman
Changing Irish Identities and `Race¿-Making in the `Age of Migration¿
Recognition, Respect and Rights - Louise Humpage and Greg Marston
Refugee Living on Temporary Protection Visas (TPVx) in Australia
Gender and Caste Conflicts in Rural Bihar - Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
Dalit Women As Arm Bearers
PART THREE HUMAN RIGHTS, MILITARY INTERVENTIONS AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF BELONGING
The Judgement of Evil and Contemporary Politics of Belonging - Robert Fine
National Interests, National Identity and `Ethical Foreign Policy¿ - David Chandler
Australians in Guantanamo Bay - Zlatko Skrbiš
Graduations of Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging
The Enemy of My Enemy is Not my Friend - Nadje Al-Ali
Women¿s Rights, Occupation and `Reconstruction¿ in Iraq
Legislating Utopia? Violence against Women - Gita Sahgal
Identities and Interventions