Nothing personal? : geographies of governing and activism in the British asylum system / / Nick Gill

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910137153503321
• Autore: Gill Nick
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4443-6705-6; 1-118-31601-0; 1-118-31596-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Collana: RGS-IBG Book Series
• Disciplina: 362.87/560941
• Soggetti: Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain; Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain; Asylum, Right of; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Table of Contents; Series Editors' Preface; List of Figures; Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Migrant Deaths; Moral Distance and Encounters; Enriching Accounts of Moral Distance; Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom; Approaching Immigration Control: Spaces and Settings; Plan of the Book; Chapter Two: Moral Distance and Bureaucracy; The Status of Proximity in Moral Theory and Practice; Keeping People Apart; Rereading the Modern State in Terms of Moral Distance; Moral Distance and Immigration Controls; Conclusion; Chapter Three: Distant Bureaucrats; The National Asylum Support ServiceInsulation; Buffering; Competition; 'Find Your Local Asylum Support Team'; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Distance at Close Quarters; The Conditions of Contact; Inside Lunar House; Asylum Interviews; Appeals; Conclusion: On the Arts of Averting Encounters; Chapter Five: Indifference Towards Suffering Others During Sustained Contact; Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom; Empathy in Immigration Detention; Making Insensitivity Imperative; Making Insensitivity Easier; The Cruel Consequences of Insensitivity; ; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Indifference and Emotions; Emotions Versus Indifference?The Interplay of Emotions in Immigration Control; The Softer Side of British Immigration Control; Conclusion; Chapter Seven: Examining Compassion; Closing Moral Distance Through the Media; Nurturing Positive Interaction; The Distinctiveness of Seeking Compassion; Against Compassion; Mitigating Considerations; Conclusion: The Recourse to Compassion; Chapter Eight: Conclusion; Encounter-Aversion; Remaining Oppositional; Generalised Indifference; Methodological Appendix; Sampling and Access; Ethics; Analysis; References; Index; End User License Agreement