ISBN:
9780230369719
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Shifting Boundaries of Belonging and New Migration Dynamics inEurope and China
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Social policy
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Social policy
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the role that boundary making playsin creating a societal understanding of current migration dynamics and, byextension, in legitimising migration regimes. By comparing most recent developmentsin Europe and China, it reveals insights on convergent social and politicalpractices of boundary making under divergent conditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: New Dynamics of Migration and Belonging; 1.1 Boundary making and the politics of belonging in the EU and China; 1.1.1 What is a refugee? The Kosovo crisis and temporary protection regimes; 1.1.2 'Millions of Blacks' invading the EU from the Mediterranean?; 1.2 Administrative separation and social discrimination in China's hukou system; 1.3 A theoretical perspective on migration and belonging; 1.3.1 The state, belonging and differentiated access to rights
Description / Table of Contents:
1.3.2 Social agency and belonging1.4 Chapters of this book; 2 Beyond Assimilation: Shifting Boundaries of Belonging in France; 2.1 A brief historical overview; 2.1.1 Before 1945: proletarian immigration and the regulation of colonial citizenship; 2.1.2 1945-1974: Economic growth and decolonisation; 2.1.3 The labour shortage as a major mechanism of immigration policy; 2.2 The recent construction of boundaries of belongings; 2.3 Migration as a debate on figures and categorisations; 2.3.1 Who is a national? a long debate on the reform of nationality law
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3.2 The debate about the 'true French': a de jure hierarchy of foreigners and de facto hierarchy of the FrenchRegionalism and exceptionalism; Regionalism and exceptionalism; Territories and urban policies; Territories and urban policies; Anti-discrimination policies; Anti-discrimination policies; Political inclusion and the vote; Political inclusion and the vote; Secularism and Islam; Secularism and Islam; 2.3.3 Debating about figures; 2.3.4 The development and composition of immigration flows; 2.3.5 An unequal settlement in the regions; 2.3.6 The debate on ethnic statistics; 2.4 Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
3 Changing Categories and the Bumpy Road to Recognition in Germany3.1 A historical view: German nation building, migration and foreigners; 3.2 Discourses and politics of naming after World War II; 3.2.1 From post-war migrants to 'guest-workers'; 3.2.2 Refugees, asylum seekers and 'ethnic German resettlers'; 3.2.3 Accepting immigration reality, facing problems of categories; 3.3 Changing the categories puts reality upside down; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 'The Others' in the Netherlands: Shifting Notions of Us and Them since World War II; 4.1 Post-war immigration; 4.2 Sorting immigrants out
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 Sorting out natives and newcomers4.4 Populism, Islam and the allochtoon; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Shifting Categories of Belonging in the United Kingdom Census: Changing Definitions of Migration, Labour-Market Access and E; 5.1 UK migration history and changing immigration regimes; 5.2 Changing categories of belonging: categorising migrants in official statistics; 5.2.1 Categorising migrants: the UK approach in international context; 5.2.2 The role of the census; 'Country of birth' in the census; 'Year of entry to the UK' in the census; 'Country of birth' in the census
Description / Table of Contents:
'Year of entry to the UK' in the census
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