Go home? : the politics of immigration controversies

Go home? the politics of immigration controversies

The 2013 Go Home vans marked a turning point in government-sponsored communication designed to demonstrate control and toughness on immigration. In this study, the authors explore the effects of this toughness: on policy, public debate, pro-migrant and anti-racist activism, and on the everyday lives...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Manchester University Press, publisher (publisher)
Otros Autores: Jones, Hannah, 1980- author (author), Gunaratnam, Yasmin, contributor (contributor), Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964- contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, England: Manchester University Press 2017
2017
Materias:
Media studies
Refugees & political asylum
Migration, immigration & emigration
Sociology
Politics & government
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
immigration
policy
government
activism
ethics
racism
britain
research
migrant
communication
Asylum seeker
Border control
Focus group
Glasgow
Opposition to immigration
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426071006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction. Living Research one: why are we doing this? Public sociology and public life
  • 2. Permeable borders, performative politics and public mistrust
  • Living Research two: emotions and research
  • 3. Immigration and the limits of statistical government
  • Living Research three: Migration research and the media
  • 4. Spaces and places of governance and resistance
  • Living Research four: ethics in uncomfortable research situations
  • 5. Un/deserving migrants and resisting dehumanisation
  • Living Research five: public anger in research (and social media)
  • 6 Conclusion: 'ordinary' people and immigration politics
  • Living Research six: collaborations
  • Afterword by Kiri Kankhwende
  • Appendix: further details on research methods
  • Index.

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