Nothing personal? : geographies of governing and activism in the British asylum system / / Nick Gill |
Autore | Gill Nick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87/560941 |
Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain Asylum, Right of |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4443-6705-6
1-118-31601-0 1-118-31596-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137153503321 |
Gill Nick | ||
West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nothing personal? : geographies of governing and activism in the British asylum system / / Nick Gill |
Autore | Gill Nick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87/560941 |
Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain Asylum, Right of |
ISBN |
1-4443-6705-6
1-118-31601-0 1-118-31596-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830387103321 |
Gill Nick | ||
West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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