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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166953803321

Autore

Jones Hannah <1980->

Titolo

Go home? : the politics of immigration controversies / / Hannah Jones, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Gargi Bhattacharyya [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2017

Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 186 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

325.41

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 of people in Britain. Bringing together an authorial team of eight respected social researchers, alongside the voices of community organisations, policy makers, migrants and citizens, and with an afterword by journalist Kiri Kankhwende, this is an important intervention in one of the most heated social issues of our time.