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.

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

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Foreword: C.Slade & M.Möllering 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.Möllering '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.Möllering & L.Silaghi Afterword; S.Wright Index