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Nothing personal? : geographies of governing and activism in the British asylum system / / Nick Gill
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
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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On immigration and refugees / / Michael Dummett
On immigration and refugees / / Michael Dummett
Autore Dummett Michael <1925-2011., >
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica xiii, 160 p
Disciplina 325/.1
Collana Thinking in action
Soggetto topico Emigration and immigration - Government policy
Refugees - Government policy
Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Racism - Great Britain
ISBN 1-134-58838-0
1-134-58839-9
0-203-46551-2
1-280-31786-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Principles -- pt. 2. History.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910170987603321
Dummett Michael <1925-2011., >  
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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On immigration and refugees / / Michael Dummett
On immigration and refugees / / Michael Dummett
Autore Dummett Michael <1925-2011., >
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica xiii, 160 p
Disciplina 325/.1
Collana Thinking in action
Soggetto topico Emigration and immigration - Government policy
Refugees - Government policy
Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Racism - Great Britain
ISBN 1-134-58838-0
1-134-58839-9
0-203-46551-2
1-280-31786-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Principles -- pt. 2. History.
Record Nr. UNISA-996205993103316
Dummett Michael <1925-2011., >  
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
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The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany
The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany
Autore Schuster Liza
Pubbl/distr/stampa Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Descrizione fisica 310 p
Disciplina 323.6/31
Collana Cass series--British politics and society
Soggetto topico Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Asylum, Right of - Great Britain
Refugees - Government policy - Germany
Asylum, Right of - Germany
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-7146-5385-3
1-135-76183-3
1-280-05246-5
0-203-49985-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Immigration and Asylum -- Asylum Seekers and the State System -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- NOTES -- Part One THEORY AND CONTEXT -- 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues -- Asylum Seekers-Political or Economic Migrants? -- Security Threats and Human Rights -- Asylum as a Moral and Political Philosophy Issue -- Special Duties -- Universal Duties -- The Practical Limits of Moral Obligations and Legitimate Restrictions on Migration -- The Question of Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 2 The Origins and Development of Asylum -- The Origins of Asylum -- Asylum in early Christian times: Church Asylum in Ascendance -- From the Reformation to Westphalia: Church Asylum Gives Way to Territorial Asylum -- The Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 and the Emergence of the Political Refugee -- The Two World Wars -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 3 Constructions of the Refugee Problem since the Second World War -- The Construction of a Problem -- The Construction of Solutions -- Repatriation -- Asylum -- Non-refoulement -- The Development of a European Response -- The Single Market -- The End of the Cold War -- A Reconstruction of the Refugee Problem -- New Solutions: Containment and Temporary Asylum -- Temporary Asylum/Protection -- Containment -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Part Two THE SPECIAL CASE STUDIES -- 4 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain -- The Post-war Period, 1945-70 -- An Unconstitutional State? -- Welfare and Labour -- The Cold War and the Commonwealth -- The Re-emergence of Asylum, 1970-79 -- The Start of the Retreat, 1979-89 -- Asylum Seekers as Threats, 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to British Identity -- Threat to the Liberal State -- The Battle for Control.
Government Strategy and the Numbers Game -- Recognition Rates and Fraudulent Claims -- Acts of Restriction and Deterrence -- Opposition to the Legislation -- Prospects for the Future -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 5 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Germany -- The German State Re-invented, 1945-733 -- Rechtsstaat -- Volksstaat -- Sozialmarktwirtschaft -- European State -- The Cold War -- Closing the Border, 1973-89 -- The Refugee Problem: A Convenient Fig-Leaf? 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to the Liberal Rechtsstaat -- Threat to Identity -- The Removal of Asylum from the Constitution and Public Debate -- Extra-parliamentary Opposition -- The Chosen Solution: Article 16a and Subsequent Measures -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 6 A Critical Comparison of the British and German Experience -- Britain and Germany: The Differences -- Geography -- History -- Citizenship -- Constitutions -- The Politics of Asylum -- The Similarities: Nation-states, Sozialmarktwirtschaften and Liberal Democracies -- Nation-states -- Welfare -- Multi-party Representative Democracies -- The Constraints Imposed by Democratic Elections -- A Balance Sheet -- NOTES -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- 7 Rethinking the Politics of Asylum and Refuge -- The Arguments So Far -- Particularist and Universalist Perspectives -- A'Particularist' Future -- Limited Universalism? -- The Need for a Radical Alternative? -- NOTES -- References -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910451802303321
Schuster Liza  
Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The use and abuse of political asylum in Britain and Germany / / Liza Schuster
The use and abuse of political asylum in Britain and Germany / / Liza Schuster
Autore Schuster Liza
Pubbl/distr/stampa Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 323.6/31
Collana Cass series--British politics and society
Soggetto topico Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Asylum, Right of - Great Britain
Refugees - Government policy - Germany
Asylum, Right of - Germany
ISBN 1-135-76182-5
0-7146-5385-3
1-135-76183-3
1-280-05246-5
0-203-49985-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Immigration and Asylum -- Asylum Seekers and the State System -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- NOTES -- Part One THEORY AND CONTEXT -- 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues -- Asylum Seekers-Political or Economic Migrants? -- Security Threats and Human Rights -- Asylum as a Moral and Political Philosophy Issue -- Special Duties -- Universal Duties -- The Practical Limits of Moral Obligations and Legitimate Restrictions on Migration -- The Question of Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 2 The Origins and Development of Asylum -- The Origins of Asylum -- Asylum in early Christian times: Church Asylum in Ascendance -- From the Reformation to Westphalia: Church Asylum Gives Way to Territorial Asylum -- The Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 and the Emergence of the Political Refugee -- The Two World Wars -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 3 Constructions of the Refugee Problem since the Second World War -- The Construction of a Problem -- The Construction of Solutions -- Repatriation -- Asylum -- Non-refoulement -- The Development of a European Response -- The Single Market -- The End of the Cold War -- A Reconstruction of the Refugee Problem -- New Solutions: Containment and Temporary Asylum -- Temporary Asylum/Protection -- Containment -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Part Two THE SPECIAL CASE STUDIES -- 4 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain -- The Post-war Period, 1945-70 -- An Unconstitutional State? -- Welfare and Labour -- The Cold War and the Commonwealth -- The Re-emergence of Asylum, 1970-79 -- The Start of the Retreat, 1979-89 -- Asylum Seekers as Threats, 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to British Identity -- Threat to the Liberal State -- The Battle for Control.
Government Strategy and the Numbers Game -- Recognition Rates and Fraudulent Claims -- Acts of Restriction and Deterrence -- Opposition to the Legislation -- Prospects for the Future -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 5 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Germany -- The German State Re-invented, 1945-733 -- Rechtsstaat -- Volksstaat -- Sozialmarktwirtschaft -- European State -- The Cold War -- Closing the Border, 1973-89 -- The Refugee Problem: A Convenient Fig-Leaf? 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to the Liberal Rechtsstaat -- Threat to Identity -- The Removal of Asylum from the Constitution and Public Debate -- Extra-parliamentary Opposition -- The Chosen Solution: Article 16a and Subsequent Measures -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 6 A Critical Comparison of the British and German Experience -- Britain and Germany: The Differences -- Geography -- History -- Citizenship -- Constitutions -- The Politics of Asylum -- The Similarities: Nation-states, Sozialmarktwirtschaften and Liberal Democracies -- Nation-states -- Welfare -- Multi-party Representative Democracies -- The Constraints Imposed by Democratic Elections -- A Balance Sheet -- NOTES -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- 7 Rethinking the Politics of Asylum and Refuge -- The Arguments So Far -- Particularist and Universalist Perspectives -- A'Particularist' Future -- Limited Universalism? -- The Need for a Radical Alternative? -- NOTES -- References -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777436403321
Schuster Liza  
Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The use and abuse of political asylum in Britain and Germany / / Liza Schuster
The use and abuse of political asylum in Britain and Germany / / Liza Schuster
Autore Schuster Liza
Pubbl/distr/stampa Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 323.6/31
Collana Cass series--British politics and society
Soggetto topico Refugees - Government policy - Great Britain
Asylum, Right of - Great Britain
Refugees - Government policy - Germany
Asylum, Right of - Germany
ISBN 1-135-76182-5
0-7146-5385-3
1-135-76183-3
1-280-05246-5
0-203-49985-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Immigration and Asylum -- Asylum Seekers and the State System -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- NOTES -- Part One THEORY AND CONTEXT -- 1 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues -- Asylum Seekers-Political or Economic Migrants? -- Security Threats and Human Rights -- Asylum as a Moral and Political Philosophy Issue -- Special Duties -- Universal Duties -- The Practical Limits of Moral Obligations and Legitimate Restrictions on Migration -- The Question of Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 2 The Origins and Development of Asylum -- The Origins of Asylum -- Asylum in early Christian times: Church Asylum in Ascendance -- From the Reformation to Westphalia: Church Asylum Gives Way to Territorial Asylum -- The Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 and the Emergence of the Political Refugee -- The Two World Wars -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 3 Constructions of the Refugee Problem since the Second World War -- The Construction of a Problem -- The Construction of Solutions -- Repatriation -- Asylum -- Non-refoulement -- The Development of a European Response -- The Single Market -- The End of the Cold War -- A Reconstruction of the Refugee Problem -- New Solutions: Containment and Temporary Asylum -- Temporary Asylum/Protection -- Containment -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Part Two THE SPECIAL CASE STUDIES -- 4 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Britain -- The Post-war Period, 1945-70 -- An Unconstitutional State? -- Welfare and Labour -- The Cold War and the Commonwealth -- The Re-emergence of Asylum, 1970-79 -- The Start of the Retreat, 1979-89 -- Asylum Seekers as Threats, 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to British Identity -- Threat to the Liberal State -- The Battle for Control.
Government Strategy and the Numbers Game -- Recognition Rates and Fraudulent Claims -- Acts of Restriction and Deterrence -- Opposition to the Legislation -- Prospects for the Future -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 5 Refugee and Asylum Policies in Germany -- The German State Re-invented, 1945-733 -- Rechtsstaat -- Volksstaat -- Sozialmarktwirtschaft -- European State -- The Cold War -- Closing the Border, 1973-89 -- The Refugee Problem: A Convenient Fig-Leaf? 1989 to the Present -- Threat to the Welfare State -- Threat to the Liberal Rechtsstaat -- Threat to Identity -- The Removal of Asylum from the Constitution and Public Debate -- Extra-parliamentary Opposition -- The Chosen Solution: Article 16a and Subsequent Measures -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- 6 A Critical Comparison of the British and German Experience -- Britain and Germany: The Differences -- Geography -- History -- Citizenship -- Constitutions -- The Politics of Asylum -- The Similarities: Nation-states, Sozialmarktwirtschaften and Liberal Democracies -- Nation-states -- Welfare -- Multi-party Representative Democracies -- The Constraints Imposed by Democratic Elections -- A Balance Sheet -- NOTES -- Part Three CONCLUSION -- 7 Rethinking the Politics of Asylum and Refuge -- The Arguments So Far -- Particularist and Universalist Perspectives -- A'Particularist' Future -- Limited Universalism? -- The Need for a Radical Alternative? -- NOTES -- References -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910812119303321
Schuster Liza  
Routledge [Imprint], March 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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