Identity, Belonging and Migration (Studies in Social and Political Thought, 17) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846316898 ISBN 13: 9781846316890

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This volume addresses the question of migration in Europe. It is concerned with the extent to which racism and anti-immigration discourse has been to some extent normalised and ‘democratised’ in European and national political discourses. Mainstream political parties are espousing increasingly coercive policies and frequently attempting to legitimate such approaches via nationalist-populist slogans and coded forms of racism. Identity, Belonging and Migration shows that that liberalism is not enough to oppose the disparate and diffuse xenophobia and racism faced by many migrants today and calls for new conceptions of anti-racism within and beyond the state. The book is divided into three parts and organised around a theoretical framework for understanding migration, belonging, and exclusion, which is subsequently developed through discussions of state and structural discrimination as well as a series of thematic case studies. In drawing on a range of rich and original data, this timely volume makes an important contribution to discussions on migration in Europe.

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About the Authors

Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Ruth Wodak is Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University.

Paul R. Jones is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846316898
• ISBN 13: 9781846316890
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Delanty Gerard, Wodak Ruth, Jones Paul