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
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West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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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
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West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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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., >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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., >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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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
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Routledge [Imprint], March 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
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Routledge [Imprint], March 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
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Routledge [Imprint], March 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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