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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786590103321

Titolo

Migration and insecurity : citizenship and social inclusion in a transnational era / / edited by Niklaus Steiner, Robert Mason and Anna Hayes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-23335-0

0-203-10099-9

1-283-86165-8

1-136-23336-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge research on the global politics of migration ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

HayesAnna <1977->

MasonRobert <1981->

SteinerNiklaus

Disciplina

305.9/06912

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Social aspects

Social integration

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation

Immigrants - Social conditions

Immigrants - Civil rights

Transnationalism

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

Introduction -- A comparison of asylum-seekers in Europe and illegal immigrants in the United States / Niklaus Steiner -- Legacies of war and migration: memories of war trauma, dislocation and second generation Greek-Australians / Joy Damousi -- Dwelling with strangers: museums and migration / Kay Ferres -- Negotiating migration, sentiment and insecurity: encounters with sadness and shame in Australia / Sara Wills -- Would-be citizens and strong states: circles of security and insecurity / Paul James and Anne McNevin -- Negotiating integration: refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and the UK / Susanne Schech and Sophia Rainbird -- Transnational practices, active citizenship and Muslim migrant integration in the West



/ Fethi Mansouri -- Equal valued status: belonging, identity and place / Hurriyet Babacan and Alperhan Babacan -- Citizens of no-where: refugees, integration criteria and social inclusion / Eileen Pittaway.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an inter-disciplinary investigation into contemporary migration and social inclusion through an examination of migrant and refugee experience.In this edited volume, contributors discuss new understandings of individual and community security in a world where legal borders and definitions of citizenship no longer adequately capture the reality of migration. Distinguished contributors approach questions of social belonging and inclusion from diverse perspectives. Drawing its primary examples from Australia, Migration and Insecurity is framed by the wi