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The politics of diversity in Europe (2008) Authors:Gavan Titley and Alana Lentin Format;16 x 24 cm. Pages 198. Synopsis “Diversity” has become a key term in contemporary social politics, and is often used as both a description of complex social realities and a normative prescription for how those realities should be valued, influenced by the politics of multiculturalism and by social movements asserting "the right to be different" diversity has emerged as an open, fluid discourse that challenges reductive visions of legitimate identities and human possibilities. It is this apparent acceptance of diversity as a fact and value that this book sets out to examine, in a range of ways, it offers a countervailing assessment of 'diversity; seeing it less as a unifying social imaginary and more as a cost-free form of politics attuned to the needs of late capitalist, consumer societies. The introduction distinguishes between 'diversity polities' — emerging from a range of critiques of social power — and the “politics of diversity”, a depoliticised celebration of difference that replicates the problems of multiculturalism without the benefits of the overt ideological engagement that multiculturalism has provoked. The essays collected here are developed from a research seminar entitled "Diversity, Human Rights and Participation" organised by the Partnership on Youth between the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The studies gathered here are embedded in 10 different national contexts. They track dimensions of 'diversity' in education, social services, jurisprudence, parliamentary proceedings and employment initiatives, and assess their significances for the social actors who must negotiate these frameworks in their daily experience. Price: $ 38.00 ISBN # ISBN 978-92-871-6171-0 More details...

Committed to Making a Difference: Racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolerance and their impact on young people in Europe (Symposium report) (2008) Author:Ingrid Ramberg Format:16 x 24cm. Pages 33. Synopsis From 26th to 30th October 2005, the European Youth Centres in Budapest and Strasbourg organised a symposium in Strasbourg under the headline "all different - all equal". The symposium celebrated the 10th anniversary of the European Youth Campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolerance by marking its continuation and restart. The links with the 1995 Campaign are solid and concrete and they go far beyond just sharing the same slogan, all different -all equal. Social, political and technological change has opened the way for improvement in some areas, but also for an aggravated situation in many others. Today there are forms and manifestations of discrimination that did not exist a decade ago. In parallel to this, on the positive, there are also new means available for the fight against discrimination and intolerance. The new campaign is therefore characterised by both continuity and change. The Council of Europe has forty-six member states, covering virtually the entire continent of Europe. It seeks to develop common democratic and legal principles based on the European Convention of Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. Price: $ 23.00 ISBN # 978-92-871-6096-6 More details...

The Council of Europe and Youth - Thirty years of experience Price: $ 12.00 ISBN # 92-871-4976-3 / 978-92-871-4976-3 More details...

Keys to participation - A practioners' guide Price: $ 18.00 ISBN # 92-871-3574-6 / 978-92-871-3574-2 More details...

Exploring the European youth mosaic - The social situation of young people in Europe Price: $ 15.00 ISBN # 92-871-4952-6 / 978-92-871-4952-7 More details...

Citizenship matters: the participation of young women and minorities in Euro-Med youth projects (2006) Author:Ingrid Ramberg Format:16x24 cm Pages 101 No. of pages : 101 This report deals with two fundamental dimensions of human life: the individual's right to recognition, security and protection - necessary prerequisites in order for each and every one of us to be able to live 'unique and free'; and the right for collectives of various kinds - ethnie or religious groups, nations and minority groups alike - to be heard and listened to in an unbiased and harmonious dialogue: the tree and the forest." With these words, Ingrid Ramberg Leads us into the proceedings of the training seminar on participation of women and minorities in Euro-Med youth projects. These themes are crucial to Euro-Med relations, not least because they are often a cause for misunderstanding or for the projection and expression of phobias and prejudice. The report succeeds in capturing the essence of the issues from a Personal and social level. The expériences of this seminar are unrepeatable, but hopefully the less Price: $ 20.00 ISBN # 92-871-5913-0 / 978-92-871-5913-7 More details...