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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828007603321

Autore

Lawrence Christopher M.

Titolo

Blood and oranges : European markets and immigrant labor in rural Greece / / Christopher M. Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2011

©2007

ISBN

0-85745-285-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Dislocations ; ; volume 2

Disciplina

331.6

331.6209495091734

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Greece

Xenophobia - Greece

Social integration - Greece

Nationalism - Economic aspects - Greece

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2007 by Berghahn Books.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Table of Contents; Lists; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1  A Brief History of Conflict and Accommodation in Argolida; Chapter 2  Agricultural Production and Household Economies; Chapter 3  Immigrant Labor in the Villages; Chapter 4  The Social Transformation of the Countryside; Chapter 5  The State, Citizenship, and Identity in Argolida; Chapter 6  The Politics of Resistance; Chapter 7  Nationalism in a Globalizing Economy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A compelling account of the intersection of globalization and neo-racism in a rural Greek community, this book describes the contradictory political and economic development of the Greek countryside since its incorporation into the European Union, where increased prosperity and social liberalization have been accompanied by the creation of a vulnerable and marginalized class of immigrant laborers. The author analyzes the paradoxical resurgence of ethnic nationalism and neo-racism that has grown in the wake of European unification and addresses key issues of racism, neoliberalism and nationa